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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:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2002
Applicants:
Mark Gooch, Citrus Heights, CA (US);
Aled Edwards, Charfield, GB;
Inventors:
Mark Gooch, Citrus Heights, CA (US);
Aled Edwards, Charfield, GB;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for performing a hash transformation in a network device to generate a hash pointer for an address input by using rotation. The method includes to step of receiving an address input. Rotated copies of the address input are subsequently logically combined in accordance with a key to generate a hashing result corresponding to the address input. The hash result is subsequently output.