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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Brocade Communications Systems Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bill Ying Chin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dan N. Retter, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mayur Mahajan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Poongovan Ponnavaikko, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Brocade Communications Systems LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04L 12/773 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2013.01); H04L 12/185 (2013.01); H04L 47/15 (2013.01); H04L 49/201 (2013.01); H04L 51/28 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/60 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide techniques that enable messages to be sent to a processing entity within a computing device without knowing the network address of the processing entity. In certain embodiments, instead of using the network address of the processing entity, a message can be communicated to the processing entity using information indicative of a role or state or function performed by the processing entity.