Method and apparatus for distributing requests among a plurality of resources

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6430618
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09042228

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The invention relates to a method and apparatus for distributing a request to one of a plurality of resources. A request is mapped to a location in mathematical mapping space. Each of the plurality of resources is mapped to a respective location or locations in the mathematical mapping space. The request is allocated to one of the resources based on a mathematical relationship between the request location and the resource location in the mathematical mapping space. An apparatus for distributing a request to one of a plurality of resources includes the plurality of resources and an input receiving a resource request. A mapper in communication with the input maps the request to a request location in a mathematical mapping space and maps each of the plurality of resources to at least one resource locations in the mathematical mapping space. A distributor distributes the request to one of the plurality of resources in response to a mathematical relationship between the locations of the request and resources in the mathematical mapping space.

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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY77 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE CAMBRIDGE MA 02139

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Karger, David Cambridge, MA 10 615
Lehman, Eric Cambridge, MA 14 327
Leighton, F Thomson Newtonville, MA 62 7631
Levine, Matthew Somerville, MA 30 1931
Lewin, Daniel Cambridge, MA 34 552
Panagrahy, Rina Mountain View, CA 5 175

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