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US 11,687,421 B1Granted
Systems and methods for online brand continuity
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorsDavid M. Niedzielski, Christopher S. Trost, Roger Pena, Tommy Lavelle, Donald E. Clemons
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a system and method for online brand continuity. Online brand continuity can include a number of Internet or intranet access points via which one or more network addresses can be advertised. A client can be provided with availability of a business image application via at least one of the Internet or intranet access points.
Claims20
A computer system, comprising:
- a first server hosting a first instance of an application within a first data center, the first server advertised via a single-host network internet protocol (IP) address of the first data center;
- a second server hosting a second instance of the application within a second data center, the second server advertised via a multi-host IP address;
- a router, configured to, via a border gateway routing protocol:
- receive a request to access the application;
- fulfill the request to access the application, by:
- performing a health check on the first server;
- routing the request to the single-host network IP address when the health check succeeds;
- and
- otherwise, routing the request to the multi-host IP address when the health check fails.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a request to access an application, wherein a first instance of the application is hosted by a first server in a first data center and a second instance of the application is hosted by a second server within a second data center, the first server advertised via a single-host network address and the second server advertised via a multi-host network address;
- fulfill the request to access the application, by:
- performing a health check on the first server;
- routing the request to the single-host network address when the health check succeeds;
- and
- otherwise, routing the request to the multi-host network address when the health check fails.
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A network router, configured to, via a border gateway routing protocol:
- receive a request to access an application, wherein a first instance of the application is hosted by a first server in a first data center and a second instance of the application is hosted by a second server within a second data center, the first server advertised via a single-host network address and the second server advertised via a multi-host network address;
- fulfill the request to access the application, by:
- performing a health check on the first server;
- routing the request to the single-host network address when the health check succeeds;
- and
- routing the request to the multi-host network address when the health check fails.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.