Patent ID: 7586901
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of establishing a session, via the Internet, between a user and an application, comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of instances of the application on a plurality of servers, plurality of the instances of the application operating on the servers to perform a group of functions, each of the instances having a respective Internet address and a respective database, wherein the databases of the plurality of instances are different and have different information; the user accessing one of the plurality of instances of the application, via the Internet, by means of the Internet address of said one of the instances of the application; said accessed instance of the application operating for on one of the servers to perform the functions of selecting one of the plurality of instances of the application for a session with the user based on which one of the databases of the plurality of instances has the information that is best suited for the user according to a defined procedure; said accessed instance of the application operating on one of the servers to perform the functions of sending to the user an identifier for establishing a session with said selected instance of the application; and the user establishing a session with the selected instance of the application, via the Internet, by using said identifier, wherein in said session, communications are sent back and forth between the user and the selected instance of the application; wherein the step of selecting one of the plurality of instances of the application includes the step of selecting one of the plurality of instances of the application based on a profile of the user and based on given security rules; and wherein each of the instances has a respective Uniform Resource Locator, and the step of the accessed one instances sending to the user an identifier for establishing a session with the selected one instance includes the step of said accessed one instance sending to the user the Uniform Resource Locator of said selected one instance.