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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
May. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Level 3 Communications, Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);
Inventor:
Justin Aborn, Hingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1031 (2013.01); H04L 67/1008 (2013.01); H04L 67/1012 (2013.01); H04L 67/42 (2013.01); G06F 9/505 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/1002 (2013.01); H04L 67/1029 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for detecting a change in demand for server resources across a load-bearing system having one or more content servers hosting identical content, the load-bearing system being connected to a network of content servers; and automatically modifying the number of content servers on the load-bearing system in response to the change in demand.