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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Avijit Gupta, Redmond, WA (US);
Deepak Bansal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kaixiang Miao, Redmond, WA (US);
Rishabh Tewari, Sammamish, WA (US);
Weixi Chen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Guohan Lu, Redmond, WA (US);
Lihua Yuan, Redmond, WA (US);
Shahzad Iqbal, Redmond, WA (US);
Prince Sunny, Redmond, WA (US);
Arun Jeedigunta Venkata Satya, Redmond, WA (US);
Zexuan Zhao, Redmond, WA (US);
Venkata Satish Katta, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described for managing connection states at an active network appliance and a backup network appliance. The active network appliance and backup network appliance are configured to process connections in a software defined network (SDN). The active network appliance is configured to actively process connections, and the backup network appliance maintains connection states such that the backup network appliance can actively process connections in response to a failure of the active network appliance.