Patent ID: 8310958

Claim:
A system comprising: a first device comprising: first logic configured to: receive a first session initiation protocol (SIP) invite message, identify a particular service associated with the first SIP invite message, identify a destination for the first SIP invite message using status information associated with a plurality of service selection servers, the status information comprising information identifying an availability associated with each of the plurality of service selection servers, and forward the first SIP invite message to the destination; and a service selection server comprising: a memory configured to store allocation information associated with a plurality of application servers, the allocation information comprising information identifying a percentage of data to forward to each of the plurality of application servers, and second logic configured to: receive the forwarded first SIP invite message from the first device, identify a first one of the application servers based on the first SIP invite message and the allocation information, and forward the first SIP invite message to the first application server.