Patent ID: 7043563
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for serving web pages to a requesting software application comprising: a web site; a plurality of front-end servers, wherein a unique network address is assigned to each front-end server; a first channel configured to support request and response communication between the software application and the web site; a plurality of second channels configured to support communication between each of the front-end servers and the web site; a redirector server operable to select one front-end server from the plurality of front-end servers and generate a response referring the requesting software application to the selected front-end server, wherein the redirector server determines a composite quality factor based on at least partially two or more component factors for the plurality of second channels and selects the selected one front-end server at least partially based upon the relative composite quality factors of the plurality of second channels; and mechanisms within the web site for redirecting a request received from the software application on the first channel to the redirector server.