iPEP® Technology
iPEP® Procedures
Identification:
- Session cookie assigns unique client ID to browser cookie pool.
- All HTTP connections (get requests) to iPEP controlled URLs can then be identified as belonging to this client.
- IP Address are compared to lists and, optionally, the geographic origin of the address is looked up.
- Interaction with the Web Servers own login via API's or by use of the iPEP's own login capability.
Prioritisation:
- Who is the Visitor (requires login)
- Where in the world are they from (IP Address lookups)
- Where were they before they came to my site (Referring URL)
- Where are they in my site (current URL requested)
- External influence (instruct iPEP regarding visitors priority by API calls)
- How priority is determined from the above options is configurable
Activation:
- iPEP maintains an activation policy per definable priority (Priority Class) and one to cover all connections. Activation policies determine how many concurrent connections per client and concurrent client connections can be actively communicating to the WebServer.
- iPEP monitors accessibility, demand and server response times for each Priority Class automatically whilst always maintaining the ability for all levels of Priority Class to have some access.
- During periods where demand exceeds all capacity to reasonably provision the requests for each Priority Class, iPEP will automatically queue the client connections. At definable intervals the position on the queue along with other applicable messages/adverts is presented back to the client browser, so they are aware that queuing is taking place and where they are in the queue.
- When the maximum queue size is reached the client connections are re-directed to an “Overload” URL or sent definable HTML directly to the browser.
- Once a client becomes “Active” all their connections will be served and the client will remain active for a definable number of seconds. If there are no new connections in this time period, they will be subject to all the activation tests again.
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