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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Robert A. Johnson, Pottstown, PA (US);
Kathleen Wild, Collegeville, PA (US);
Gerald Quammen, Downingtown, PA (US);
Robert A. Johnson, Pottstown, PA (US);
Kathleen Wild, Collegeville, PA (US);
Gerald Quammen, Downingtown, PA (US);
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for load balancing and failover among gateway devices are disclosed. One method provides for assigning communication transaction handling to a gateway. The method includes receiving a request for a license from a computing device at a control gateway within a group of gateway devices including a plurality of gateway devices configured to support communication of cryptographically split data. The method also includes assigning communications from the computing device to one of the plurality of gateway devices based on a load balancing algorithm, and routing the communication request to the assigned gateway device.