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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Fox Broadcasting Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventor:
Thomas G. Edwards, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 45/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system is provided for re-routing a flow of packets in a packet-switched network at a rerouting time. In one embodiment, the method comprises accepting packets in a switch, routing the flow of the packets to a first destination via the switch according to a switch flow rule, receiving an updated switch flow rule from a controller before the rerouting time, the updated switch flow rule defining the rerouted flow of packets, and rerouting the flow of packets according to the updated switch flow rule at a rerouting time indicated by a packet of the accepted packets.