Patent ID: 8423656
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A push gateway including: a plurality of socket servers, each of which is configured to maintain socket server connections to one or more devices; a mapping server configured to develop a map of potential connections to the push gateway, wherein the map is developed based at least in part on information obtained from at least a portion of the plurality of socket servers, wherein the mapping server is configured to communicate with at least one socket server included in the plurality of socket servers; a plurality of worker servers, each of which is configured to identify a particular socket server maintaining a particular socket server connection to a particular device based at least in part on the map developed by the mapping server; a queue server configured to manage queues for messaging between the plurality of worker servers and the plurality of socket servers, wherein the queue server is configured to communicate with at least a portion of the worker servers and at least a portion of the socket servers; and an arbiter server configured to balance loads on at least some of the plurality of socket servers based at least in part on information obtained from the mapping server, wherein the obtained information is associated with the map of potential connections, and wherein the arbiter server is configured to communicate with the mapping server; wherein the arbiter server is configured to provide a list of socket server connections to a device, wherein the list of socket server connections is derived at least in part from the map of potential connections, and wherein at least one message is pushed to the device via a socket server connection derived from the list of connections.