Patent ID: 9071609
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for a load balancer to manage allocation of a plurality of processing resources to perform server-related processing tasks requested by client applications over a network, the method comprising: electronically receiving registration requests from at least some of the plurality of processing resources; registering each processing resource from which a registration request was received to produce registered processing resources; receiving, from each registered processing resource, information relating to utilization of the registered processing resource to collectively produce utilization information, the receiving comprising remotely executing a script at the registered processing resource that enables the load balancer to retrieve a data structure from the registered processing resource, wherein the data structure includes the information relating to utilization of the registered processing resource; in response to receiving the information relating to utilization of the registered processing resource, updating a list of received information relating to the utilization of the processing resources at the load balancer; receiving a request to perform a server-related processing task from a client application over the network; and responsive to the request to perform the server-related processing task, allocating at least one of the registered processing resources to perform the server-related processing task based on the utilization information.