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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
Peter K. Craft, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph L. Gervais, Fremont, CA (US);
Colin C. Sharp, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Peter K. Craft, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph L. Gervais, Fremont, CA (US);
Colin C. Sharp, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Alacritech, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system for communicating over a network is disclosed, the system comprising: a processor running a protocol processing stack to control a TCP connection; a first offload engine that receives control of the TCP connection from the stack to perform a first task corresponding to the TCP connection; and a second offload engine that receives control of the TCP connection from the first offload engine to perform a second task corresponding to the TCP connection. For example, the first offload engine can be protocol software such as an intermediate driver that can handle tasks such as teaming and/or reassembly of out-of-order data segments. As another example, the second offload engine can be a network interface card that provides hardware that accelerates data transfer.
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