System and Method for Segregating Layer Seven Control and Data Traffic
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorSunil Maloo
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Abstract
A load balancer forwards a content request from a client system to a proxy server, receives from the proxy server a modified content request based on the content request and including information identifying a content origin server, opens a connection with the content origin server in response to receiving the first modified content request, and sends a second modified content request based upon the first modified content request to the content origin server. The load balancer also receives content associated with the content request from the content origin server, and forwards the content to the client system.
Claims20
A load balancer comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory including processor-executable code to at least:
- forward a first content request from a client system to a proxy server;
- receive a first modified content request from the proxy server, wherein the first modified content request is based upon the first content request and includes information identifying a first content origin server;
- open a first connection with the first content origin server in response to receiving the first modified content request;
- send a second modified content request based upon the first modified content request to the first content origin server;
- receive first content associated with the first content request from the first content origin server, wherein the first content is sent from the first content origin server to the load balancer without passing through the proxy server;
- and
- forward the first content to the client system.
A method comprising:
- receiving a first content request at a load balancing device of a provider network, the first content request being received from a client system;
- forwarding the first content request to a proxy server of the provider network;
- receiving at the load balancing device a first modified content request from the proxy server, wherein the first modified content request is based upon the first content request and includes information identifying a first content origin server;
- opening a first connection between the load balancing device and the first content origin server in response to receiving the first modified content request;
- sending a second modified content request based upon the first modified content request to the first content origin server;
- receiving first content associated with the second modified content request from the first content origin server, wherein the first content is sent from the first content origin server to the load balancer without passing through the proxy server;
- and
- forwarding the first content to the client system.
A proxy server of a provider network, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory including processor-executable code to at least:
- receive a content request from a client system;
- modify the content request to make a modified content request;
- and
- send the modified content request to a load balancer of the provider network;
- wherein:
- the modified content request identifies a content origin server associated with the content request;
- and
- content associated with the content request is provided to the client system from the load balancer without the content passing through the proxy server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.