Patent ID: 6223209
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for providing information to clients linked to a distributed network, each client having an address within said network, said method comprising the steps of:establishing a primary server for the storage of information, said primary server having a first address within said network, said first address being identified to said clients as containing said information;establishing at least one satellite server located at a site geographically remote from said primary server, said satellite server having a second address within said network;placing a duplicate of said information on said satellite server;storing the second address for said satellite server satellite server within said primary server;reading at said primary server the address of a client issuing a request to said primary server for access to said information;identifying at said primary server the server closest to said client issuing said request by sending a message from said primary server to each router in the path to said client issuing said request causing each router to reply with a message containing the router's IP address and domain name; andautomatically redirecting said client request to said server closest to said client issuing said request.