Patents by Inventor Jason A. Anderson

Jason A. Anderson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • CLIENT REQUEST BASED LOAD BALANCING
    Publication number: 20090006531
    Abstract: A method for balancing load in a network system, having a plurality of clients initiating transactions with a plurality of servers. For each transaction a host name associated with one or more servers capable of completing the transaction is specified. The client initiates a request to resolve the host name and a plurality of IP addresses are returned. The client randomly communicates with one of the IPs identified as capable of completing the transaction and reports on the success of the transaction. If multiple attempts to the same IP fail, the IP is removed from service by the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eliot C. Gillum, Jason A. Anderson, Jason D. Walter