Patent ID: 7594032
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating information between a switch and a plurality of servers in a computer network, comprising: constructing, at a first server, an original state of an information packet for transmitting client information to a client on a first connection between the client and the first server though the switch; modifying, by the first server, a header of the information packet to include computer network information for use by the switch; transmitting, by the first server, the modified information packet to the switch; extracting, by the switch, the computer network information from the modified information packet; wherein the constructing comprises: calculating a first verification value to be included in the information packet, wherein the calculation of the first verification value uses the client information; and calculating a second verification value to be included in the information packet, wherein the calculation of the second verification value uses the first verification value, the client information, and the computer network information.