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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2002
Bryant Eastham, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Bryant Eastham, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A system for content-based routing of data from a provider is disclosed. The system includes a provider that provides provider data and a requestor that has requested the provider data. The system also includes a plurality of intervening access nodes. Each intervening access node has a network interface, a filter and active communications information. The filter is for applying to all incoming communications being received via the network interface to filter out all unwanted communications. The active communications information specifies any provider data being sent through the intervening access node. The plurality of intervening access nodes are configured to relay communications of interest through an intervening access node network and to configure filters based on the communications of interest.