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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:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1997
Mohamed J Khaki, Redmond, WA (US);
Gurdeep Singh Pall, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A computer system facilitates concurrent filtering and fast-forwarding of network packets. The computer system includes a network card for interfacing with multiple computer networks, and the network adapter is able to fast-forward network packets that it receives to other network destinations without assistance from the main central processing in the computer system. A fast-forwarding cache is stored on the network card to facilitate such fast-forwarding. Network packets that are not fast-forwarded are processed by the main central processing of the computer system that may apply filtering to the network packets and route network packets accordingly. The main central processing unit provides routing information to the network card so that subsequently received network packets can be transmitted to the network destinations without intervention by the main central processing unit.
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