Patent ID: 9407539
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing network traffic, comprising: maintaining a set of computing resources that are distributed among a plurality of geographically separated private networks of a computing resource provider; receiving input of a customer comprising a selection of a network destination identifier and an identification of a plurality of computing resources from the set of computing resources to be assigned the network destination identifier, the plurality of computing resources to be distributed among the plurality of geographically separated private networks; allocating the plurality of computing resources from the set of computing resources to the customer of the computing resource provider, the allocating comprising a distribution of the plurality of computing resources among the plurality of geographically separated private networks and an assignment of the network destination identifier to the plurality of computing resources based at least in part on the input of the customer; receiving, from a public network onto a private network of the plurality of geographically separated private networks, network traffic addressed to the network destination identifier; and when the private network onto which the network traffic was received lacks a computing resource assigned the network destination identifier, transferring the network traffic from the private network to another private network of the plurality of geographically separated private networks based at least in part on a mapping of the network destination identifier to device addresses within the plurality of geographically separated private networks, the other private network comprising a computing resource assigned the network destination identifier and identified based at least in part on the mapping, the mapping maintained by devices of the plurality of geographically separated private networks, the devices configured to transfer the network traffic from the private network to the other private network.