Load balancing service

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2006-12-26

2006-12-26

Jean, Frantz B. (Department: 2151)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac

Task management or control

Process scheduling

C709S223000, C709S224000, C709S234000, C709S235000, C370S229000, C705S001100

Reexamination Certificate

active

07155723

ABSTRACT:
A load balancing service for a plurality of customers performs load balancing among a plurality of customer Web servers. Requests for Web content are load balanced across the customer Web servers. The load balancing service provider charges a fee to the customers for the load balancing service. A caching service is also provided that comprises a plurality of caching servers connected to a network. The caching servers host customer content that can be cached and stored, e.g., images, video, text, and/or software. The caching servers respond to requests for Web content from clients. The load balancing service provider charges a fee to the customers for the Web caching service.

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