System for transmitting data packet after matching data packet's routing pattern with predetermined data routes stored in a route table
US5881241A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Data routing of the present invention is a capability of pre-configuring routes for data traveling through the software or the hardware of a computer system. The routes are set up by a consumer of the data or the destination and are delivered to the producer of the data or the source. The data route may include an identification of the consumer of the data, a minimal list of routines which will perform some preprocessing of the data, a return route, a don't care mask, a set of registered routes and a set of actions. The set of actions can be a set of states to transition or a set of functions to call. In order to determine a data route hit, the incoming data from the producer is AND'ed with the don't care mask, the results of which is then compared with the set of registered routes, i.e. a pattern of bits. If the results are equal, then there is a data route hit. The incoming data from the producer is then passed off to the actions.
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