Patent ID: 8127018

Claim:
A method of redirecting a client device to a network service in a communication network, wherein the communication network includes at least a first and a second service provisioning environment each capable of providing the network service, the first and second service provisioning environments being addressable under a common first domain name resolvable into a first network address of each service provisioning environment, the method comprising the following steps that are carried out in the first service provisioning environment: receiving a first client request at the first network address of the first service provisioning environment; responding to the first client request with a redirection to a dedicated second domain name of the first service provisioning environment, the redirection being signaled to the client device and the second domain name being resolvable into a second network address of the first service provisioning environment; receiving a second client request at the second network address of the first service provisioning environment; and initiating the establishment of a session with the requesting client device to provide the network service.