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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Plex, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Greg Edmiston, Seattle, WA (US);
Schuyler Ullman, Sacramento, CA (US);
Elan Feingold, Haiku, HI (US);
Scott Olechowski, San Jose, CA (US);
Plex, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing remote access to an unavailable server is provided. In an embodiment, a proxy server computer receives a request to access data over a network from a client computing device. The proxy server computer identifies a particular server computer that is separate from the client computing device to fulfill the request. The proxy server computer then determines that the particular server computer is unavailable to a client computing device. In response to determining the particular server is unavailable to the client computing device, the proxy server computer maintains a transport layer connection from the client computing device. While maintaining the transport layer connection, the proxy server computer initiates startup of the particular server computer. In response to receiving an indication that the particular server computer is available to the client computing device, the proxy server computer passes the connection from the client computing device to the particular server computer.