Patent ID: 9584444
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for routing communication in a data processing system connected to a network, the system comprising a communication client running a first operating system having no own communication stack, a first communication bridge running a second operating system having an own communication stack, and at least a second communication bridge running a third operating system having an own communication stack, the method comprising: routing communication from the communication client through both the own communication stack of the first communication bridge and the own communication stack of the second communication bridge, such routing between the communication client and the first and at least second communication bridges using a communication mechanism that does not include an own communication stack; configuring one selected from the group consisting of the first and the at least second communication bridges to act as a master communication bridge; configuring the other from the group consisting of the at least second and the first communication bridges to act as a slave communication bridge; sending communication from the communication client to the network only via the master communication bridge; and sending communication from the network to the communication client only via the master communication bridge.