Patent ID: 8645550
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method implemented at least in part by a computer, the method comprising: receiving, at a gateway, a request from a client to establish a connection with a database, the database hosted by one or more servers, the request conveyed in conjunction with a logical server name and a logical database name; from a data structure that associates logical server names and logical database names with physical servers and physical databases, determining a physical server and physical database that correspond to the logical server name and the logical database name; sending, via the gateway, a response to establish a connection between the gateway and the client; sending, via the gateway, a request to establish a connection between the gateway and the physical server; accessing, via the gateway, data in the physical database on behalf of the client; and providing, via the gateway, the data to the client.