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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:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Ranjeeta Singh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Larry B. Huston, Wexford, PA (US);
Inventors:
Ranjeeta Singh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Larry B. Huston, Wexford, PA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus to search for routing information is described. According to an embodiment, a technique is described to search for routing information that uses a first technique on at least a portion of a first section of an address and a second technique on at least a portion of a second section of an address. In one embodiment, a best-match technique, such as a Longest Prefix Match technique, is used on at least a portion of a topology section of an address, and an exact-match technique is used on a portion of an interface ID of the address.