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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2008
Louis R. Degenaro, White Plains, NY (US);
Adolfo F. Rodriguez, Raleigh, NC (US);
Louis R. Degenaro, White Plains, NY (US);
Adolfo F. Rodriguez, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and programmed storage device for routing data through a communications network. More specifically, a programmable traffic manager is programmed with at least one application level directive and the data is routed through the network to one of the network nodes using the programmable traffic manager, which is programmed in accordance with the application level directive. In a particular example of this invention, a request from a client is routed by the programmable traffic manager to at least one a plurality of servers hosting an application, where the programmable traffic manager is routed in accordance with the application level directive.