Patent ID: 8639741

Claim:
A method for distributing requests received by a request distributor to at least two server computers, wherein the request distributor is configured to use distribution information for selecting, as a destination for each of at least some of the requests, one of the at least two server computers, depending on at least one attribute associated with said each request, the method including: a request distributor receiving procedure for receiving, by the request distributor, a first request from a client terminal, wherein the first request relates to a delivery of a service to the client terminal; a sending procedure for sending, by the request distributor, the first request to one of the at least two server computers; a server computer receiving procedure for receiving, by the server computer to which the first request is sent, the first request sent by the request distributor; a determining procedure for determining, by the server computer to which the first request is sent, whether a further request relating to the delivery of the service is expected to be received by the request distributor; and a providing procedure for making available, by the server computer to which the first request is sent, distribution information to the request distributor prior to an expected receipt of the further request at the request distributor if, in the determining procedure, the further request relating to the delivery of the service is determined to be expected to be received by the request distributor.