US 11,985,200 B2
System and a method for distributing information
David Snowdon, Sydney (AU); Alexander Peter Webster, Sydney (AU); and Thomas Dejanovic, Sydney (AU)
Assigned to Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/520,363.
Application 17/520,363 is a continuation of application No. 16/652,007, granted, now 11,196,834, previously published as PCT/AU2018/000188, filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017903957 (AU), filed on Sep. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0060556 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/288 (2022.01); H04L 65/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/1095 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.01); H04L 67/566 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/288 (2013.01) [H04L 65/40 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.05); H04L 67/566 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for distributing information, the method comprising:
receiving, at a replicator, a single data stream originating from a data source, wherein the single data stream comprises a first plurality of data units from the data source;
replicating, by the replicator, the single data stream to obtain a first replicated data stream and a second replicated data stream, wherein the replication of the single data stream is performed by a lower layer device to obtain the first replicated data stream and the second replicated data stream substantially synchronously, wherein a delay is added between the first plurality of data units in the single data stream before replicating the single data stream;
transmitting the first replicated data stream to a first data recipient using a first communication channel; and
transmitting the second replicated data stream to a second data recipient using a second communication channel.