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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
May. 22, 2000
Matt Ayers, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin J. Black, Seattle, WA (US);
Chris Brown, Issaquah, WA (US);
John Carlson, Seattle, WA (US);
Dan Cohn, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Scott Laird, Bothell, WA (US);
Jonathan Miller, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen Ramsey, Seattle, WA (US);
Ophir Ronen, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul Schachter, Seattle, WA (US);
Oscar Stiffelman, Seattle, WA (US);
Matt Ayers, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin J. Black, Seattle, WA (US);
Chris Brown, Issaquah, WA (US);
John Carlson, Seattle, WA (US);
Dan Cohn, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Scott Laird, Bothell, WA (US);
Jonathan Miller, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen Ramsey, Seattle, WA (US);
Ophir Ronen, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul Schachter, Seattle, WA (US);
Oscar Stiffelman, Seattle, WA (US);
Internap Network Services Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for pointing a Internet user requesting access to content on a particular web site to one of a plurality of content servers associated with that web site based on one or more cost measurements associated with serving said content. The identification of the web site is mapped to the content servers associated with that web site. The user's IP address is then mapped to a particular content server based on a cost function and the IP address of the selected content server is provided to the user.