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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Applicant:
Kevin Porter, Guelph, CA;
Inventor:
Kevin Porter, Guelph, CA;
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1008 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an electronic device receives a request; obtains a current state from each of a plurality of electronic devices; and selects one of the plurality of electronic devices to service the request based on the current state of each of the plurality of electronic devices. The current state of each of the plurality of electronic devices is one of a plurality of states in a state model. Each of the plurality of states in the state model indicates a discrete level of workload for the plurality of electronic devices.