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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
May. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander Ulrich Neubeck, Obermichelbach, DE;
Gregory Scott Orzell, Mainz, DE;
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/2453 (2019.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/24542 (2019.01); G06F 16/2272 (2019.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are described which use load balancing to efficiently perform queries. Embodiments identify available nodes and divide an index into shards. Embodiments distribute the index across the nodes where each node has at least two distinct shards. Based on a target upper bound number of requests per node, and based on which shards exist at each node, embodiments identify a query routing policy which also includes accounting for node failure. Embodiments route a query based on the identified query routing policy.