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Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Dale Bowie, Benowa, AU;

Sophia Sampath, Fredericton, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 69/22 (2022.01); H04L 69/322 (2022.01); H04L 69/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 69/161 (2013.01); H04L 69/322 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method comprising: (i) defining a new ethertype to be used in communicating PIDs (process identification codes), with the new ethertype being assigned a new ethertype code; (ii) determining a selected abstraction layer from a plurality of abstraction layers to be used in communicating PIDs; and (iii) making a plurality of network communications among and between computers of a networked computers system, with each communication, with the making of each given communication including: (a) inserting the new ethertype code and a PID of a process causing the given communication to occur into a data structure, and (b) communicating the data structure between computers of the networked computers system at the selected abstraction layer.


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