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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2010
Applicant:
Robert L. Faulk, Jr., Roseville, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert L. Faulk, Jr., Roseville, CA (US);
Assignee:
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/02 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network appliance is virtually inserted in a data path within a network. Packet data that matches a criteria is intercepted at a logical point within the data path. The intercepted packet data is forwarded to an application running on the virtually inserted network appliance.