The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2001
John Geevarghese, Kottayam, IN;
Joy Chatterjee, Bangalore, IN;
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method ( ) for determining if it is necessary to perform a search for a specified address in an address lookup table (LUT) ( ) containing a plurality of addresses ( ) is disclosed. The method ( ) provides at least one ordered list ( ) of address existence fields. The address existence fields are associated with lookup addresses obtained from at least one portion of the plurality of addresses ( ). The method ( ) indexes into the at least one ordered list ( ) to access at least one address existence field associated with a corresponding portion of the specified address. The method ( ) further checks the at least one address existence field to determine if a search of the specified address in the address LUT ( ) is necessary.