Patent ID: 11936753
Assignee: OXYLABS, UAB
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of operating a proxy infrastructure, comprising:
receiving a proxy protocol request directly from a client computing device, the proxy protocol request specifying a data request and a target;
selecting an exit node from a plurality of exit nodes of the proxy infrastructure, wherein the exit node is coupled to a supernode that manages communications to the exit node;
forwarding, via the exit node, the data request to the target;
receiving, at the supernode, a shutdown signal requesting that the supernode terminate operation;
in response to the shutdown signal, transmitting, to a message queue of the proxy infrastructure, a request to stop sending new proxy protocol requests to the supernode;
determining that a timeout period has lapsed; and
transmitting, to the message queue and based on the determining, an alert indicating that the supernode is no longer operational.