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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2007
Roger A. Bess, Apex, NC (US);
Roberto Delima, Apex, NC (US);
Sivaram Gottimukkala, Durham, NC (US);
Jason Paul Hawrysz, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lap Thiet Huynh, Apex, NC (US);
Dinakaran B. Joseph, Durham, NC (US);
John J. Majikes, Apex, NC (US);
Roger A. Bess, Apex, NC (US);
Roberto Delima, Apex, NC (US);
Sivaram Gottimukkala, Durham, NC (US);
Jason Paul Hawrysz, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lap Thiet Huynh, Apex, NC (US);
Dinakaran B. Joseph, Durham, NC (US);
John J. Majikes, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed that enable an application to prioritize its traffic in an application-specific manner, such that traffic which is most important to this application can be prioritized over traffic that is less important to this application, where this prioritization information is reflected in differential treatment of the traffic within the network. An application conveys relative priority information for its traffic to a Web proxy or edge server, and this device then consults stored policy information to determine how the traffic should be prioritized in the network. The Web proxy also ensures that usage of network resources is balanced among multiple applications. Cookies are used for transmitting priority information between the edge server and application in an efficient manner.