Patent ID: 7085848

Claim:
A method of distributing a client among a first trusted edge server and a second trusted edge server, wherein a trusted edge server is a server, in a communications path between an originating server and a connected client, that can be trusted not to release information prior to an appropriate time, the method comprising: determining a first latency between the first trusted edge server and the client; determining a second latency between the second trusted edge server and the client; comparing the first latency to the second latency; and transferring the client to the second trusted edge server if the second latency is lower than the first latency, further comprising: obtaining a release time, wherein the release time is an earliest time at which an event is intended to be delivered to the client; obtaining a completion time, wherein the completion time is a latest time at which the event can arrive at the client; calculating a send time as a function of the first latency and the second latency; and sending the event to the client at the send time.