Method and apparatus for dynamic client-side load balancing system

摘要

A method and apparatus for balancing load among a plurality of server computers connected via a network such as the Internet to a client computer. In one embodiment the invention includes a method of a client computer receiving plurality of addresses associated with a chosen Uniform Resource Locator. The method also includes identifying one of the plurality of addresses as a most recently used address and receiving a Uniform Resource Locator as an entered Uniform Resource Locator. The method further includes identifying the entered Uniform Resource Locator as a chosen Uniform Resource Locator and selecting from the plurality of addresses a selected address that is different from the most recently used address.