Patent ID: 7929422

Claim:
A method for moving a transport connection from a first host to a second host on a network, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: after establishing the transport connection between the first host and a peer host, the second host receiving first information about the transport connection from the first host; wherein the transport connection is not initially established between the second host and the peer host; upon unavailability of the first host, based on the first information, the second host sending to the peer host a request to obtain a current sequence number of the transport connection and to update the transport connection at the peer host; in response to the request, the second host receiving from the peer host second information about the transport connection; wherein the second information comprises the current sequence number of the transport connection; and without resetting the transport connection, the second host establishing the transport connection with the peer host based at least on the second information; wherein the second host establishing the transport connection comprises using at least the current sequence number stored in the second information to set up the transport connection at the second host; wherein the steps of the method are performed by one or more computer systems that comprise the second host.