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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Daniel Gilbert Moen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Gilbert Moen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2872 (2013.01); H04L 25/0298 (2013.01); H04L 29/08603 (2013.01); H04L 67/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing an extended socket API are disclosed. A method for providing a socket API according to an implementation of the invention may include: receiving data at a first network socket; opening a second network socket; associating the first network socket and the second network socket using a socket file descriptor of a client-side connection; and directing the data from the first network socket to the second network socket. When an application service utilizes the socket API, the method may further include processing the data, i.e., performing a service.