Patent ID: 6195682
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
In a distributed information network, a system for improving network performance in response to service requests, comprising:a) a broker server coupled to a plurality of child servers and to a plurality of clients in the network;b) a queue for prioritizing child server response to client service requests;c) means for connecting clients to a child server in the queue on a FIFO basis and providing the connected client with a unique server key identifying the connected child server for communication purposes;d) means for providing the connected child server with a copy of a unique client key at the time of initial service connection for communication purposes;upon disconnect by the client, both the disconnected child server and the client retaining the unique key of the other; andf) means responsive to a subsequent client request including the retained unique server key for automatically re-connecting the client to the disconnected child server, wherever the disconnected child server may be in the queue.