Patent ID: 9516102
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing communication for a plurality of computing devices, wherein one or more traffic management devices (TMDs) with one or more processors executing the method that performs actions, comprising: receive, by the one or more processors on the one or more TMDs, a message that includes one or more attribute-value-pairs (AVPs) from a server device before it is provided to a client device; provide, by the one or more processors on the one or more TMDs, a unique session identifier based on one or more properties of the message, wherein the unique session identifier is associated with a network identifier of the server device; add, by the one or more processors on the one or more TMDs, one or more other AVPs that include at least reverse persistence information to the message, wherein the reverse persistence information includes the unique session identifier that identifies the server device; modify, by the one or more processors on the one or more TMDs, the one or more AVPs included in the message to remove identification of the server device and include identification of the one or more TMDs; forward, by the one or more processors on the one or more TMDs, the modified message to the client device, wherein the modified message includes the added one or more other AVPs; when another message that includes the added one or more other AVPs that include the reverse persistence information is received from the client device, performing further actions, including: