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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:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
May. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Lingkun Chu, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Tao Yang, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jingyu Zhou, Goleta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
IAC Search & Media, Inc., Oakland, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04J 3/26 (2006.01); H04J 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Topology-centric resource management for large scale service clusters is described herein. According to certain embodiments of the invention, techniques include 1) creating optimized topology with network switches to connect service modules based on application flows and bandwidth requirements, 2) providing centralized or decentralized monitoring schemes to maintain the topology view of a service cluster, and 3) using the topology information for optimizing load balancing and service information dissemination. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.