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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2004
William R. Whipple, Magnolia, TX (US);
Anthony M. Camilli, Cypress, TX (US);
William R. Whipple, Magnolia, TX (US);
Anthony M. Camilli, Cypress, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method for managing a plurality of connections is provided. The method comprises grouping a plurality of connections to form at least two connection groups, where each connection is associated with a communication service and each connection group comprises a first connection and at least one failover connection operable to establish a new communication service if the communication service associated with the first connection fails; and associating the at least two connection groups with a user identifier.