Patent ID: 6606643
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of selecting a mirror server for client-host interaction over a network comprising the steps of:creating an information request at a client computer; sending the information request over the network from the client computer to a host server; creating a list of mirror servers at the host server; sending a response to the information request, said response being sent from the host server to the client computer over the network and said response including the list of mirror servers; creating a plurality of mirror server requests at the client computer, each mirror server request corresponding to a mirror server on the list of mirror servers; sending the plurality of mirror server requests over the network from the client computer to the corresponding mirror servers; creating a plurality of mirror server responses to the mirror server requests, each mirror server response being created at one of the corresponding mirror servers responsive to the receipt of one of the mirror server requests; sending the mirror server responses over the network from the corresponding mirror server to the client computer; receiving a plurality of mirror server responses to the mirror server requests from the corresponding mirror servers; and selecting a particular mirror server at the client computer from among the mirror servers responding to the plurality of mirror server requests.