Patent ID: 6871296
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method by which a second system maintains connections for a failed first system, the second system and the first system being peers to one another, the method performed by the second system and comprising: receiving ownership information from the first system on which an application is running, the ownership information indicating that the second system is to assume a connection of the first system upon failure of the first system; prior to the first system having entered a failed state, snooping the connection from a client to the first system to use the application thereof, in order to maintain information regarding the connection as known by the first system; determining that the first system is in the failed state; and in response to determining that the first system is in the failed state, assuming the connection for the first system in a peer-to-peer manner, wherein the snooping of the connection from the client to the first system enables the second system to assume the connection without losing the information regarding the connection as known by the first system, such that the client is unaware that the second system has assumed the connection for the first system.