Methods and apparatus for content server selection

Details Methods and apparatus for content server selection Methods and apparatus for content server selection

2006-07-18

2006-07-18

Etienne, Ario (Department: 2157)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer network managing

Computer network monitoring

C709S203000, C709S227000, C709S229000, C718S104000, C718S105000, C370S232000, C370S234000

Reexamination Certificate

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07080138

ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus providing information about characteristics associated with a network are described. A network node associated with a client for selecting a server that can best provide content to a client transmits a request for a response. A plurality of content servers or content routing agents receive requests corresponding to the request from the network node associated with the client. The content servers provide a response and fragment and/or pad datagrams associated with the response. The content servers transmit these fragmented and/or padded datagrams to the network node associated with the client. The network node associated with the client can reassemble and/or trim the received datagrams and identify as optimal the server that first completes transmission of the response.

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