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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2019
Sitting Man, Llc, Madison, GA (US);
Robert Paul Morris, Raleigh, NC (US);
SITTING MAN, LLC, Madison, GA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a method are provided, involving a technique to: receive an indication of a receipt, via a first path segment, of a first packet that includes a header that is configured for use in identifying a path segment identifier data structure that includes a sequence of path segment identifiers including at least one first path segment identifier configured for use in identifying the first path segment, a second path segment identifier that identifies a region of a network that does not include the current node and that is configured for use in identifying a second path segment, and a third path segment identifier configured for use in identifying a third path segment; detect, using the header of the first packet, the path segment identifier data structure and an active identifier indicator for designating one of the path segment identifiers in the sequence for use by the current node; determine that the active identifier indicator designates the second path segment identifier for use by the current node; and based on the second path segment identifier, cause transmission, via the second path segment, of first data, along with at least a portion of the path segment identifier data structure, from the current node to another node at least partially included in the region, such that the another node is capable of processing the at least portion of the path segment identifier data structure, resulting in the third path segment identifier being designated for use by the another node by another active identifier indicator to cause, based on the third path segment identifier, transmission, via the third path segment, the first data, along with at least part of the path segment identifier data structure, from the current node to yet another node.