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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2011
Applicants:

Arivu Ramasamy, San Jose, CA (US);

Jim Ervin, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Martin Cieslak, Northville, MI (US);

Zach Seils, Austin, TX (US);

Venkataraman Anand, San Ramon, CA (US);

Tom Black, Aptos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Arivu Ramasamy, San Jose, CA (US);

Jim Ervin, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Martin Cieslak, Northville, MI (US);

Zach Seils, Austin, TX (US);

Venkataraman Anand, San Ramon, CA (US);

Tom Black, Aptos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1006 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04L 67/1027 (2013.01); H04L 67/142 (2013.01); H04L 67/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving session information at a traffic interceptor in communication with a plurality of service devices, the session information transmitted from one of the service devices and identifying flows associated with a session and the service device associated with the session, storing the session information at the traffic interceptor, and transmitting traffic received at the traffic interceptor to the service device selected based on the session information. An apparatus is also disclosed.


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