Patent ID: 7203763
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: passing bit streams of data inbound toward a server farm from a data network through a network processor, the bit streams being a sequential series of frames; parsing frames received at the network processor into communication protocol bits and application data bits; then removing communication protocol bits from the frames at the network processor; then distinguishing at the network processor among application data bits appropriate for processing by a selected one of a plurality of computer systems coupled together with and by the network processor; then passing the application data bits from the network processor to the appropriate one of the coupled computer systems; then passing bit streams of data outbound from the coupled computer systems toward the data network through the network processor the bit streams being a sequential series of frames; then adding communication protocol bits to the frames at the network processor; and then passing the frames to the data network from the network processor.