Patent ID: 8085768
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of using and maintaining a list of devices used to route a plurality of messages to a destination, the method comprising: providing a list comprising a plurality of entries that are placed in an order in the list based on a criterion, wherein the list is associated with a destination and each entry in the list comprises an identifier of a device that is configured to route messages to the destination, and wherein the list includes information associated with a cost of routing messages to the destination through respective devices; receiving a message that is to be routed to the destination; determining whether a number count associated with the received message is within a pre-determined range of a known number, wherein the known number indicates a number of messages in a sequence that has been routed to the destination; responsive to the number count associated with the received message being outside the pre-determined range, providing the received message to a first device associated with an identifier included in an entry in the list that is at a head of the list; and responsive to the number count associated with the received message being within the pre-determined range: