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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1997
Steven D Williams, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided that allows a networked computer to generate a routable response to a status query without invoking its communication protocol stack. The computer is provided with a network controller that includes query detection and data routing modules. A message received by the network controller is scanned for a recognition code that identifies the message as a status query. A status query message includes a prototype response that includes the IP data necessary to respond to the query. When a message is identified as a status query, the data routing module extracts network routing data and the prototype response from the message and generates a routable response packet from the extracted information. Status data may be added to the routable response packet by the data routing module.