US Patent 8004973 Virtual inline configuration for a network device

Patent 8004973 was granted and assigned to Citrix Systems on August, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Citrix Systems

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

80049730

Patent Inventor Names

Paul G. Sutter0

Haseeb Budhani0

Date of Patent

August 23, 2011

Patent Application Number

113800040

Date Filed

April 25, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Hong Cho

Patent abstract

A performance enhancing proxy network device is configured to operate in a virtual inline mode, in which selected network traffic is redirected to and through the network device by a router using simple routing policies. In this way, the network device can be coupled to the router in series but can still operate as if it were physically connected inline.