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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:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Darryl J. Rumph, Cary, NC (US);
Inventor:
Darryl J. Rumph, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus, program product and method that schedules movement of packets within network devices, such as network processors, includes a time based calendar in which a segmented hierarchical routine is used to identify the calendar location of the next flow queue from which a packet is to be forwarded.