Patent ID: 8850056
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: a receiving sever receiving a request from a client to establish affinity between the client and a server; in response to said receiving the request from the client, the receiving server determining that there exists a reachable elected server that has a previously-established affinity relationship with said client; in response to said determining that there exists a reachable elected server that has a previously-established affinity relationship with the client, redirecting said client to said reachable elected server that has a previously-established affinity relationship with the client; the receiving server receiving a request from an other client to establish affinity between the other client and a server; in response to said receiving the request from the other client, the receiving server determining that there does not exist any reachable elected server that has a previously-established affinity relationship with the other client; in response to said determining that there does not exist any reachable elected server that has a previously-established affinity relationship with the other client, establishing affinity between said receiving server and said other client.