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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:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis Odenwald, Witchita, KS (US);
William Ortega, Wichita, KS (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to obtain a number of service parameters from a network device. The second circuit may be configured to store (i) a first portion of the service parameters in a first group comprising identification parameters, a number of pointers, and a control field and (ii) one or more second portions of the service parameters in one or more second groups, each comprising a communication parameter and a counter. Each of the number of pointers points to a null address or one of the one or more second groups.