Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Proxy server failover and load clustering
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Application No.: US14626605Application Date: 2015-02-19
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Publication No.: US10264091B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: William R. Power , Paul K. McDonnell
- Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Broomfield
- Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Broomfield
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L29/14 ; H04L12/24

Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for providing failover and load clustering features to one or more proxy servers of a content delivery network (CDN). In one embodiment, one or more proxy servers may announce a virtual host internet protocol (IP) and, to provide a failover feature, two or more of the proxy servers may also announce a more generic virtual network IP address that includes a broader range of IP addresses associated with the virtual network IP address. In another embodiment, each of the proxy servers in communication with the router may announce a generic IP network address to the router. In response to receiving a request for content from an end user of the CDN, the router may select a proxy server and load balance the received requests among the proxy servers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150237155A1 PROXY SERVER FAILOVER AND LOAD CLUSTERING Public/Granted day:2015-08-20
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