Patent ID: 7107334

Claim:
A method for replicating a plurality of original packets in both directions of a packet flow received by a first device, the packet flow following a first routing path between a source device and a destination device, the first routing path including the first device, the method comprising: receiving a request from a second device for connecting with the first device, the request identifying at least one predetermined criterion; connecting the first device with the second device in response to the request; receiving both directions of the packet flow with the first device; in the first device, identifying the original packets from both directions of the packet flow according to the at least one predetermined criterion; in the first device, generating replicate packets corresponding to the original packets; transmitting the original packets from the first device along the first routing path to the source and destination devices; and transmitting the replicate packets from the first device along a second routing path, the second routing path being different from the first routing path and including the second device.