Patent ID: 9444694
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of processing service requests, comprising: receiving, at a load balancer or other service request distribution node, a service request; extracting an identifier data from the service request, wherein the identifier data includes at least an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with a service consumer; using the identifier data associated with the service consumer with which the service request is associated to determine a total number of service instances of a set of service instances to be made available to service requests associated with the service consumer and to determine which service instances are to be included in a subset of service instances, wherein the subset comprises fewer than all members of the set of service instances and corresponds to the total number of service instances to be made available to service requests associated with the service consumer; and selecting from among the service instances in the subset a selected service instance to perform the service request.