The present invention provides mechanisms for transferring processor control of multiple network connections between two component devices of a computerized system, such as between a host CPU and a NIC. In one aspect of the invention, two or more network communications may each have a different state...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US7526577?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7526577 - Multiple offload of network state objects with support for failover events
