Patent ID: 8484348
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating fulfillment of web-service requests associated with computer-to-computer transactions on a communication network, the method comprising: receiving, by a content switch from a web-service client, a primary request for access to a web-service, the primary request being a web-service request generated by a computer as part of a computer-to-computer request for access to a resource associated with the web service; selecting, by the content switch, one of a plurality of web-service servers to handle the primary request; forwarding, by the content switch, the primary request to the selected web-service server; and monitoring, by the content switch, traffic generated by the selected web-service server for a secondary web-service request directed to a second web-service server, the secondary web-service request being related to the primary web-service request, the secondary web-service request being configured as a computer-to-computer request for access by the selected web-service server to a resource associated with the second web-service server to enable the selected web-service server to utilize the resource available via the second web-service server in connection with preparing a response to the primary web-service request; and collecting information associated with how requests are handled by particular servers; wherein collecting information comprises correlating request information and resource information at the time the primary request was forwarded to the web-service server; and wherein the resource information includes at least current conditions, resource conditions, and information about other requests.