Aggregation of network resources providing offloaded connections between applications over a network
US7403535B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/5038
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer system aggregates a plurality of network resources of a computer system. The plurality of network resources forms a bypass stack operable to provide offloaded connections to one or more applications available on the computer system. Each of the applications is associated with a first port number. The computer system itself is addressable on the network by a public IP address. The system assigns private IP addresses to uniquely identify each of the plurality of network resources. The system creates a socket for each application by which the application can communicate with the network. The socket is associated with a first endpoint tuple that includes the public IP address and the first port number associated with the application for which the socket is created. The socket is further associated with a set of bypass endpoint tuples that are translated from the first endpoint tuple, each of the set including a different one of the private IP addresses. Each of the bypass endpoint tuples is available to be a transport address to define an offloaded connection to the application through one of the network resources. The created socket can be a listening one at a server node o…
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