Patent ID: 9589064
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for recommending a server to a client, comprising: receiving a request for recommending a server from a client, wherein the request for recommending a server comprises an IP address of the client and account information of a user of the client; designating a recommended server according to the IP address and the account information; ranking a plurality of IP addresses associated with the recommended server according to ranking parameters so as to generate an IP address list composed of the ranked IP addresses, wherein the IP addresses associated with the recommended server comprise a local IP address of the recommended server and IP addresses of transit servers which have accessed the recommended server; and sending the IP address list to the client; wherein the ranking parameters comprise ranking items and respective weighed values of the ranking items, and the ranking items comprise: whether to be within the same geological region as the client, whether to belong to the same network operator providing network services to the client, and whether to be the local IP address of the recommended server.