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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:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2004
Applicants:
Michael R. Smith, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Jeffrey Y M Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ali Golshan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael R. Smith, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Jeffrey Y M Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ali Golshan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/933 (2013.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/775 (2013.01); H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/1553 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/583 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 49/354 (2013.01);
Abstract
A virtual network device includes several different virtual network device sub-units, which collectively operate as a single logical network device. An interface bundle includes interfaces in more than one of the different virtual network device sub-units included in the virtual network device. The interface bundle is coupled to a virtual link bundle, which connects the virtual network device to another device. The interface bundle is managed as a single logical interface.