A system and method for pre-allocating resources for use by registering
consumers of applications and/or services available via a protocol that
identifies a user through items including, but not limited to, a cookie
and/or a persistent connection (e.g., the Internet) is provided. The
system includes one or more components for pre-allocating resources for
use by consumers registering to use applications and/or services
available over the Internet. Since consumers can be served by more than
one application and/or service server, and since resources can be managed
by more than one resource manager, information concerning a consumer may
be replicated to the more than one resource manager. The system thus
includes one or more components for processing requests from consumers
that require access to resources so that requests from newly registered
consumers can be processed by a resource manager that has information
concerning the newly registered consumers.