Patent ID: 8234379

Claim:
A system for distributing a limited resource selected from a plurality of limited resources in response to requests from a plurality of requestors, the system comprising: a main server configured to provide standard application server functionality, including administering the plurality of limited resources, and to implement a first connectivity policy for limiting connectivity thereto; a drop zone server that supports a limited number of commands for accessing the drop zone server, submitting requests thereto, and for verifying the connectivity thereto, the drop zone server configured to: implement at least a subset of functionality provided by the main server for administering the plurality of limited resources; receive resource requests directly from the plurality of requestors for the selected limited resource on behalf of the main server; and implement a second connectivity policy, for limiting connectivity thereto, the second connectivity policy allows a lesser number of connections per requestor than the first connectivity policy; and a drop zone control module configured to communicate with both the main server and the drop zone server to determine when the selected limited resource expires from the main server, parse the drop zone server for corresponding resource requests, determine which of the plurality of requestors is to receive the selected limited resource and distribute the selected limited resource accordingly.