Patent ID: 6859834
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling application server request failover, the method comprising: a requesting thread running in a client computer sending a request to a first application server, wherein the first application server is operable to receive the request, process the request, and return request results to the requesting thread; subsequent to sending the request, the requesting thread sending a poll message to the first application server, wherein the poll message comprises information identifying the request, wherein the application server is operable to receive the poll message and respond by returning a status of the request to the requesting thread; the requesting thread determining whether a response to the poll message is received from the first application server; if no response to the poll message is received, the requesting thread sending the request to a second application server and causing the client computer not to send future requests to the first application server.