Method for checkpointing and reconstructing separated but interrelated data
US7814309B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 29, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/40
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is disclosed whereby separate but interrelated data is checkpointed and reconstructed within a router. In one embodiment, each connection is checkpointed with a unique connection identifier, and critical data is stored by a firewall application in a checkpoint server provided within a router. When an application module within the firewall crashes, the firewall and associated modules may recover and restore the data from the checkpoint server by re-assembling the data according the unique connection identifier, thus recovering the connections through the router without interruption.
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