Peak traffic management

摘要

Users are allowed to communicate with a server via a local client even when the server experiences an abnormal peak of traffic. The local client is configured to send a new connection request only after a specified time interval passes from a previous connection. The local client presents content, such as a game, that makes it appear to the user as if the user is interacting with the server while the local client is waiting for reconnection to the server. The user interactions during the time interval are locally stored and later provided to the server for further process.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of managing a number of concurrent connections using an asynchronous connection between a client and a server, wherein the client has made a first connection to the server, the method comprising:
receiving input of a user that requests the first connection to the server; obtaining a time interval for a second connection from the server; presenting content during the time interval if the time interval is longer than a predetermined length of time, the presented content changing based at least in part on the user interacting with the presented content; storing information about interaction, by the user, with the presented content in a local memory of the client; requesting the second connection to the server after the time interval passes from the first connection; receiving the information about interaction, by the user, with the presented content; and updating the time interval for a subsequent connection based at least in part on the information about interaction, by the user, with the presented content.