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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:
Oct. 11, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2013
Applicant:

Metaswitch Networks Ltd, Enfield, Middlesex, GB;

Inventors:

Oliver James Carter, Middlesex, GB;

Richard Hewitt, Middlesex, GB;

Steve Welham, Middlesex, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 29/14 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01); H04L 65/1073 (2013.01); H04L 69/40 (2013.01); H04L 61/6009 (2013.01);
Abstract

At a migration server separate from a first server, a plurality of incoming internet protocol, IP, packets directed at an IP address associated with an IP service are received. On the basis of one or more source characteristics associated with IP packets in the plurality, it is determined that a first subset of packets in the plurality originated from one or more client devices which have not been migrated to a second server and that a second subset in the plurality originated from one or more client devices which have been migrated to the second server. IP packets determined to be in the first subset are forwarded to a first physical address associated with the first server for processing at the first server. IP packets determined to be in the second subset are processed at the second server.


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