Patent ID: 9529902
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a network gateway configured as a server-side proxy connecting a client and a plurality of back-end computers; wherein the server-side proxy component is configured, responsive to receiving an encoding request comprising raw data from a client, to select a back-end computer from the plurality of back-end computers to which the encoding request should be forwarded; wherein the server-side proxy component is configured to select the back-end computer from the plurality of back-end computers based on one or more factors comprising a pre-defined rule, load estimates for the plurality of back-end computers, and estimated network throughputs across network paths to each of the plurality of back-end computers; and wherein the selected back-end computer is configured, responsive to receiving encoding request, to encode the encoding request into an image of decodable indicia.