Patent · US Expired

Method and computer program product for offloading processing tasks from software to hardware

US6904519B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14References

42Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Sanjay Anand · Los Angeles, US
N K Srinivas · Sammamish, US
Jameel Hyder · Redmond, US
Kyle Brandon · Seattle, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 29, 2000
Grant date	Jun 7, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 25, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/0428
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Offloading specific processing tasks that would otherwise be performed in a computer system's processor and memory, to a peripheral device. The computing task is then performed by the peripheral, thereby saving computer system resources for other computing tasks. In one preferred embodiment, the disclosed method is utilized in a layered network model, wherein computing tasks that are typically performed in network applications are instead offloaded to the network interface card (NIC) peripheral.

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