Method and system for out-of-band signaling for tcp connection setup
CA 2600660 C · Owner: Leaf Networks, Llc · Inventors: Capone, Jeffrey M.; Immaneni, Pramod
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Embodiments of this invention provide a system that creates a control channel (415) to enable out-of-band signaling for TCP connection establishment between two TCP endpoints (401), (402). In embodiments of this invention the control , channel (415) used for the out-of-band signaling traffic between the TCP endpoints (or peers) is achieved using a system that consists of a signaling broker (418), an agent application (407) and a virtual network interface and , capture module (408) that together create control channel (415) for the TCP signaling traffic. Embodiments of this invention include a protocol to execute out-of-band signaling for TCP.
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- Filed March 3, 2006 and granted July 9, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 3, 2026.
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