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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
May. 11, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jonathan Eric Hardwick, Chesterfield, GB;
Christopher Neil Swindle, Biggleswade, GB;
Matthew Ian Ronald Williams, London, GB;
Michael Jeffrey Evans, Harpenden, GB;
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The techniques disclosed herein improve existing systems by receiving a packet to process and determining an associated packet processing graph for the packet. In response to determining that the associated packet processing graph contains an action comprising a set of rules for modifying the packet processing graph, a table to modify in the packet processing graph is accessed based on a table identifier in the action. The accessed table is modified by inserting one or more table rows into the packet processing graph and for each inserted table row, inserting a set of template actions containing prepopulated fields. The modified table is used to process subsequent packets.