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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2000
Scott Allen Carroll, Elgin, TX (US);
Gerald Francis McBrearty, Austin, TX (US);
Johnny Meng-Han Shieh, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A World Wide Web (Web) distribution site monitors hit rates for the Web documents distributed through the site and applies its server computer resources to meet surges in hit rates for the various Web documents. A Web server system is provided for accessing said Web documents from resource databases and transmitting said Web documents onto said Web comprising a plurality of server computers of different computer powers at a resource location, a plurality of Web documents, each accessible from said resource database by a designated at least one of said server computers. The rate of user hits for each of said plurality of Web documents is monitored, and the server computers for said respective Web documents are designated based upon said rate of user hits. The server computers of the most computer power are designated for the Web documents having the highest hit rate. If needed, a plurality of said server computers may be designated for the Web documents having the highest hit rates.