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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Mehul S. Shah, Campbell, CA (US);
J Eric Mowat, Piedmont, CA (US);
Szu-wen Kuo, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Network Appliance Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a rumor based protocol for distributed state synchronization between request routing servers have been described. State synchronization is maintained between routing servers via agents that respond with information requested by the servers.