Patent ID: 9357003
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for communication of a host having a first network interface device and a second network interface device coupled thereto, the method comprising: by the first network interface device, operating a data transfer phase of a stateful connection between the host and a peer, including maintaining sequence number information usable to operate the data transfer phase of the stateful connection between the host and the peer; by the host, while the first network device is operating the data transfer phase of the stateful connection with the peer, including maintaining the sequence number information usable to operate the data transfer phase of the stateful connection between the host and the peer, determining the sequence number information that describes the stateful connection being operated by the first network interface device independently of the first network interface device maintaining the sequence number information; and causing the second network interface device to operate the stateful connection with the peer based at least in part on the sequence number information maintained by the host, wherein the causing step does not include providing the sequence number information maintained by the first network interface device from the first network interface device.