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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2008
Applicants:

Paul I. Szabo, Seattle, WA (US);

Nathan Mcmahon, San Jose, CA (US);

David A. Hansen, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Paul I. Szabo, Seattle, WA (US);

Nathan McMahon, San Jose, CA (US);

David A. Hansen, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

F5 Networks, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); G06F 21/604 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are directed towards exposing access to network metrics to a late binding user customized set of computer instructions within a traffic manager device (TMD) for use in managing a request for a resource. In one embodiment, the TMD may be interposed between client devices and a plurality of network devices. Request specific data is extracted from a client request received by the user's instructions. Various network metrics about the network devices are provided to the user's instructions to selectively provide the request from the client device to a network device. In one embodiment, an election hash is described as an action performed by the user's instructions.


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