Methods and systems to split equipment control between local and remote processing units
US9407557B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/22
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for distributing computation and storage tasks between customer premises equipment and a remote vendor computer are disclosed. The techniques include receiving, at a customer premises computer equipment, a TCP-based data flow from a client, rewriting the IP header of the TCP-based data flow, and forwarding the TCP-based data flow to a defined TCP port. The techniques also include a transient termination server process operating in user space of the customer premises equipment to read an application payload sent by the client and sending data to a deep packet inspection engine for classification. The techniques may include identifying, from the client data flow, a protocol associated with the data flow, looking up a handling policy from a policy cache stored in the customer premises equipment, and handling the data flow according to the handling policy.
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