US 12,267,388 B2
Managing service capacity
Neill Kipp, Centennial, CO (US); and Joseph Kiok, Arcadia, CA (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/473,788.
Application 18/473,788 is a continuation of application No. 17/971,215, filed on Oct. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,805,168.
Application 17/971,215 is a continuation of application No. 16/368,290, filed on Mar. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,516,286, issued on Nov. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0163332 A1, May 16, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/1036 (2022.01); H04L 9/14 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04L 67/1023 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1036 (2013.01) [H04L 9/14 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 63/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/1023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
establishing, via a load balancer and between a client device and a server, a connection, wherein the establishing comprises:
receiving, by the load balancer and from the client device, a first message associated with a request to initiate a server connection, wherein the first message comprises:
data indicating a request for the connection; and
a client public key;
determining, based on the first message, the server from a plurality of servers;
sending the first message to the server;
receiving, from the server, a second message comprising:
an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the server;
a server public key; and
an encrypted symmetric key; and
sending, to the client device, the second message.