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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
David K Gifford, Weston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Sightpath, Inc, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709219 ; 709238 ; 709242 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a new method called replica routing that automatically directs client computers that request a service to a server replica for that service. The replica chosen by replica routing is the replica that is expected to provide the best performance to the client based upon the client's location in the internetwork topology and the estimated performance of the internetwork. In addition, the system and method is designed to permit new replicas to be flexibly added undue administrative overhead.
Published as:
WO9831107A2; WO9831107A3; US6052718A; EP1018132A2; EP1018132A4; JP2001508258A; EP1018132B1; DE69730056D1; EP1018132B9; DE69730056T2; US7149771B1; JP4068158B2;