Patent ID: 8874668
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of routing messages, the method comprising: receiving, at a first director, a first message from a first communication device, the first message comprising a request to perform a given action, the first message specifying a domain name, wherein the first local director is associated with at least one local collection within a first privacy boundary of a communication system; identifying, by the first director, a given collection as being associated with the domain name; determining whether the given collection is within the first privacy boundary, wherein when the given collection is within the first privacy boundary, the given collection has access to private data needed to direct the first message, and wherein when the given collection is outside the first privacy boundary, the given collection does not have access to the private data; forwarding, by the first director, the first message to a second director of the given collection, in response to the given collection not being within the first privacy boundary; and forwarding, by the second director, the first message to a server pool, wherein forwarding the first message to the server pool comprises: