Patent ID: 7933996
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising the steps of: A) registering, via at least one customer interaction server computer, a domain name to a registrant; B) offering said registrant, via said at least one customer interaction server computer, a choice of website hosting options comprising: C) if said registrant selects hosting said at least one customer website in both said first datacenter and said second datacenter, provisioning, via said at least one customer interaction server computer, at least one hosting server computer in said first datacenter and at least one hosting server computer in said second datacenter to host said at least one customer website; D) hosting said at least one customer website on said at least one hosting server computer in said first datacenter and at said least one hosting server computer in said second datacenter; E) receiving, via at least one routing server computer, a request for a plurality of said at least one customer website's content; F) routing, by said at least one routing server computer, said request to a responding datacenter selected from the group consisting of said first datacenter and said second datacenter by determining whether said request will receive a faster response from said first datacenter or said second datacenter; and G) returning, by at least one hosting server computer in said responding datacenter, said plurality of said at least one customer website's content.