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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/306 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 61/15 (2013.01); H04L 61/30 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01); H04L 67/327 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) packet at a node; identifying a content semantic for the IP packet; determining whether the IP packet is an IP interest packet or an IP data packet; determining whether content identified in the IP packet is stored at the node based on a determination that the IP packet is an IP interest packet; forwarding the IP packet toward at least one other node based on a determination that the content is not stored at the node; and transmitting an IP data packet containing the content based on a determination that the content is stored at the node.