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US 6178160

How DNS Servers Route Web Traffic to the Least Busy Server

A method for balancing web traffic by having servers report their current workload to a DNS server, which then directs new users to the fastest available machine.

Statusexpired

Granted2001

Expires2017

Claims12

Forward citations123

Prior art4

AssigneeCisco Technology Inc

InventorsDerek W. Bolton, Rajesh Agrawal

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