Patent ID: 6892218
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for fulfilling service requests in a system of computers that communicate as nodes within a network, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable code thereon, including program code which: in response to an initial service request that requests a service provided by a primary server node, sends a mobile agent from the primary server node to an intermediate node, the mobile agent indicating to the intermediate node that a secondary server node is capable of providing the service; intercepts, at the intermediate node, a subsequent service request sent from a client node to the primary server node, the subsequent service request requesting the service, and sends an instruction from the intermediate node to the secondary server node, the instruction instructing the secondary server node to provide the service; and in response to the instruction, provides the service from the secondary server node to the client node.