Patent ID: 8326956
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a server load balancer (SLB) having an associated virtual internet protocol (VIP) address, wherein the server load balancer comprises a persistence-data retrieval module configured to retrieve persistence information associated with a client; a persistence database that is remote from the client and the server load balancer, the persistence database being configured for maintaining data selected from the group consisting of: a network node, the network node being configured to map content requests associated with a domain name associated with a server to the server load balancer, wherein the server load balancer is configured to map an IP address associated with domain name information hosted the server to the VIP address, and wherein the server load balancer is configured to map the content requests to the server; and an application configured to employ the persistence information to perform a function for the client via a network.