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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2000
Applicants:

Adam Louis Buchsbaum, Madison, NJ (US);

Glenn Stephen Fowler, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);

Balachander Krishnamurthy, New York, NY (US);

Jia Wang, Summit, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Adam Louis Buchsbaum, Madison, NJ (US);

Glenn Stephen Fowler, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);

Balachander Krishnamurthy, New York, NY (US);

Jia Wang, Summit, NJ (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for clustering together network IP addresses is disclosed. A number of IP addresses are received and processed to determine which IP addresses share a longest prefix matching. The longest prefix matching process is performed according to radix encoded trie which facilitates on-line clustering of the IP addresses. Client and/or server IP addresses may be clustered in accordance with the teachings herein.


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