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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:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2000
Applicants:
Erik J. Johnson, Portland, OR (US);
Bernie N. Keany, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Inventors:
Erik J. Johnson, Portland, OR (US);
Bernie N. Keany, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A forwarding element capable of forwarding protocol control information in an encapsulated form to a separate control element for processing. The forwarding element may include a proxy capable of intercepting protocol control information, encapsulating the protocol control information, and tunneling the encapsulated protocol control information to the control element for processing.