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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Rajiv Asati, Morrisville, NC (US);
Anil Thomas, Milpitas, CA (US);
Toerless Eckert, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rajiv Asati, Morrisville, NC (US);
Anil Thomas, Milpitas, CA (US);
Toerless Eckert, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In particular embodiments, method and system for detecting a failure of a primary ad-splicer, conveying a failure information for the failed primary ad-splicer to a redundant ad-splicer, dynamically forwarding one or more pre-spliced packets intended for the failed primary ad-splicer to the redundant ad-splicer, receiving one or more post-spliced packets from the redundant ad-splicer, and transmitting the post-spliced packets towards one or more target receivers are provided.