A system for efficiently distributing messages to a server farm uses a hashing function and a map-based function, or combinations thereof, to distribute messages associated with a processing request. In one implementation, for example, the hashing function has inputs of an identifier for each message...http://www.google.de/patents/US8095935?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8095935 - Adapting message delivery assignments with hashing and mapping techniques