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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2001
Douglas Alan Gourlay, Sausalito, CA (US);
James Anthony Aviani, Jr., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Tim Sylvester, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Robert Horst Starmer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lincoln T. Dale, Prahran, AU;
Douglas Alan Gourlay, Sausalito, CA (US);
James Anthony Aviani, Jr., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Tim Sylvester, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Robert Horst Starmer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lincoln T. Dale, Prahran, AU;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for processing a service request received from a client are disclosed. When a service request is received, a plurality of packets are transmitted, where each of the plurality of packets identify a different type of service via which to send the corresponding packet. In addition, a mapping of each different type of service to an IP address is preferably maintained, thereby enabling the service request to be processed via an IP address associated with a type of service identified in a first one of the plurality of packets to be received.