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Application protocol offloading

  • US 7,149,808 B2
  • Filed: 01/14/2003
  • Issued: 12/12/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A protocol offloading system for processing information transmitted between a client and a server, the information containing protocol information and actual data, the protocol offloading system comprising:

  • a first subsystem for processing the protocol information, wherein the first subsystem contains multiple protocol handlers each dedicated to a specific protocol; and

    a second subsystem, independent of the first subsystem, for processing the actual data;

    a protocol event engine for receiving a request from a client and directing the request to an appropriate one of the multiple handlers, wherein the protocol event engine forwards requests which cannot be mapped to an appropriate one of the multiple handlers directly to the server.

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