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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
David S. Bill, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott K. Brown, Marietta, GA (US);
William J. Raduchel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gilbert G. Weigand, Ashburn, VA (US);
Christopher L. Amen-kroeger, Oakland, CA (US);
David S. Bill, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott K. Brown, Marietta, GA (US);
William J. Raduchel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gilbert G. Weigand, Ashburn, VA (US);
Christopher L. Amen-Kroeger, Oakland, CA (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A switch having a first communications interface to receive a stream of data units, a buffer to store the payload portion of the data unit, a replicator to duplicate at least the payload portion of the data unit, and a second communications interface to enable access to the stream of data units by two or more terminals.