US 11,924,273 B1
Point to node in a multi-tiered middleware environment
Clayton Krueger, San Antonio, TX (US); and Phillip Schwesinger, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/173,761.
Application 18/173,761 is a continuation of application No. 17/512,566, filed on Oct. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,616,831.
Application 17/512,566 is a continuation of application No. 16/723,673, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,190,582, issued on Nov. 30, 2021.
Application 16/723,673 is a continuation of application No. 16/283,308, filed on Feb. 22, 2019, granted, now 10,554,741, issued on Feb. 4, 2020.
Application 16/283,308 is a continuation of application No. 15/480,213, filed on Apr. 5, 2017, granted, now 10,270,848, issued on Apr. 23, 2019.
Application 15/480,213 is a continuation of application No. 13/801,670, filed on Mar. 13, 2013, granted, now 9,686,158, issued on Jun. 20, 2017.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/1025 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/44 (2022.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/146 (2022.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1025 (2013.01) [H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/44 (2013.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/146 (2013.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, at a user cache from at least one load balancer, a request for an indication of a destination server within a server farm to route incoming traffic that has originated from a point to node client;
identifying, by the user cache, a virtual container of the destination server where the incoming traffic from the point to node client should be routed;
receiving, at the user cache, information indicating that the virtual container is out-of-production; and
sending, from the user cache to the at least one load balancer, an indication of the virtual container of the destination server and that the virtual container is out-of-production,
wherein any of the incoming traffic originating from the point to node client is routed to the virtual container of the destination server while other incoming traffic not associated with the point to node client is routed to the at least one load balancer for distribution to other nodes different from the destination server.