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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alain Benayoun, Cagnes-sur-mer, FR;
Jean-Francois Le Pennec, Nice, FR;
Patrick Michel, La Gaude, FR;
Claude Pin, Nice, FR;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/305 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/305 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for comparing a pattern sequence with a variable length key. A first bit of this sequence is identified by a pointer, the length and the location of the key are identified by a code word (W, S), the method includes a preliminary step of identifying the sequence and then performing a comparison with the variable length key.