US 12,592,890 B1 · Content-based communication routing systems

Abstract

Systems and methods for content-based routing of network traffic for distributed computing services are disclosed. A load balancing device monitors real-time network traffic data communicated to distributed computing services hosted on computing devices across multiple data centers. The load balancing device receives a user request to add a new distributed computing service, including a content map mapping service parameters to target devices. The load balancing device is configured to transmit incoming traffic requests for the new service to computing devices in either a cloud-based or on-premises data center by adding the content map to its routing configuration. Upon receiving an incoming request, the system determines if it corresponds to the new service, identifies a target device mapped to the request parameters using the content map, and transmits the request to the target device.

A system for routing network traffic of one or more distributed computing services based on contents of the network traffic, the system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media storing instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
monitoring, at a load balancing device, real-time network traffic data that is communicated to the one or more distributed computing services hosted on a set of computing devices distributed among two or more data centers, wherein incoming traffic requests within the real-time network traffic data are transmitted, by the load balancing device, to one or more computing devices of the set of computing devices based on a routing configuration of the load balancing device, the routing configuration comprising a first content map for a first distributed computing service, wherein the first content map maps one or more first service parameters within the incoming traffic requests for the first distributed computing service to one or more first target devices within a first subset of computing devices of the set of computing devices;
receiving, via a graphical user interface, a user request to add a second distributed computing service to be load balanced using the load balancing device, wherein the user request comprises an indication of a second content map for the second distributed computing service, wherein the second content map maps one or more second service parameters within the incoming traffic requests for the second distributed computing service to one or more second target devices within a second subset of computing devices of the set of computing devices, and wherein the second subset of computing devices is distributed, in part, among a first data center corresponding to a cloud-based computing environment and a second data center corresponding to an on-premises computing environment;
responsive to receiving the user request, configuring the load balancing device to transmit the incoming traffic requests associated with the second distributed computing service to computing devices within either the first data center or the second data center by adding the second content map to the routing configuration of the load balancing device;
receiving, from the real-time network traffic data, an incoming traffic request comprising a set of service parameters associated with the one or more distributed computing services hosted on the set of computing devices;
determining, based on the set of service parameters, the incoming traffic request corresponds to the second distributed computing service;
responsive to determining that the incoming traffic request corresponds to the second distributed computing service, determining, using the second content map within the routing configuration and from the second subset of computing devices, a target computing device that is mapped, by the second content map, to the set of service parameters for the incoming traffic request, wherein the target computing device is within either the first data center or the second data center;
and
transmitting the incoming traffic request to the target computing device.

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