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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:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher Lockton Brandin, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Robert Lewis Moore, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
NEO-Core, L.L.C., , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370252 ; 370389 ; 370463 ; 345348 ; 345517 ; 709250 ; 714768 ;
Abstract
A system (50) for network packet accounting includes a network interface card (52) connected to a network connection and detecting a packet. A processor (56) is connected to the network interface card (52) and extracts a network address from the packet. A transform generator (58) is connected to the processor (56) and determines an icon for the network address. An index (60) is connected to the processor (56) and relates the icon to a store location. A store (62) is connected to the processor (56) and holds a plurality of parameters related to a group at the store location.