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System and method for processing network packet flows

US8570866B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

Charles R. Buckman · Austin, US
Dennis Cox · Round Rock, US
Donovan Kolbly · Austin, US
Craig Cantrell · Austin, US
Brian Smith · Fort Worth, US
Jon H. Werner · Austin, US
Marc Willebeek-LeMair · Austin, US
Joe Wayne Blackard · Austin, US
Francis S. Webster, III · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 9, 2012
Grant date	Oct 29, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 9, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/12
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A network node includes a classify engine interfaced with the Internet. The classify engine accepts packets from the Internet and determines classification information for each packet. A process engine is interfaced with the classify engine, and has ports, each port being associated with a function. A controller is interfaced with the classify engine and the process engine. The controller programs the classify engine with a dataflow program to route each packet to a predetermined port of the process engine based on the classification information of the packet.

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