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:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2002
Shigang Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Partha Bhattacharya, Cupertino, CA (US);
Liman Wei, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shigang Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Partha Bhattacharya, Cupertino, CA (US);
Liman Wei, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for removing redundancies from a list of data structures. A list of data structures is sorted by first attribute into sub-lists having a common first attribute. Each of these sub-lists is sorted by second attribute into sub-lists having a common first attribute and a common second attribute. Each of these sub-lists is combined into a single combined data structure that includes a third attribute set. Each third attribute set includes third attributes of the data structures in the sub-list from which the combined data structure including that set was formed.