Patent ID: 7787610
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An accessory device for a plurality of servers, said servers allocating client primary resource requests to primary resources, each server having a primary queue, said device comprising: a controller; a plurality of server communication links configured to communicate with respective servers and to intercept client primary resource requests from multiple servers in response to said controller; an auxiliary queue, said device storing said intercepted requests from multiple servers in said auxiliary queue in response to said controller; and a secondary resource communication link configured to communicate with at least one secondary resource, said device allocating secondary resource requests to said at least one secondary resource in response to said controller, wherein said device routes said intercepted requests from multiple servers to a selected server via an at least one of said server communication links in response to a desired condition, said selected server being selected by the controller to balance the primary resource request load between servers.