Netflix patents method to reduce network connection churn
Netflix describes a system where a network gateway assigns incoming service requests to specific processing loops. It then creates a pool of connections to a selected group of servers, balancing the load to execute the request efficiently.
In the filing’s own words
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, by a network gateway service, a service request from a client device. The method may also include assigning, by the network gateway service, the service request to an event loop. Additionally, the method may include determining, by the network gateway service, a destination of the event loop based on one or more resources of one or more nodes in a ring of nodes. Furthermore, the method may include creating, by the network gateway service, a connection pool for the event loop to select a node subset of the ring of nodes based on a mapping of event loops to node subsets. Finally, the method may include performing, by the network gateway service, load balancing of the connection pool to execute the service request. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1 - 20. (canceled)
Facts
- Company
- Netflix (Netflix, Inc.)
- Official title
- SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING NETWORK CONNECTION CHURN
- Publication number
- US20260261596A1
- Application number
- 19538292
- Filed
- Feb 12, 2026
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
H04L 67/1008 Electricity & electronicsH04L 67/1014 Electricity & electronicsMore from Netflix in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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