Host identity takeover using virtual internet protocol (IP) addressing
US5917997A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 6, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/40
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a telecommunications system containing more than one host computer and multiple real connections to the telecommunications network, an apparatus, method and system for allowing transmission to the dynamic reassignment of sessions from a failing host to an alternate or backup host computer without requiring changes to the devices or addresses of devices connecting to the host.
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