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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:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Applicant:
Paolo Narvaez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Paolo Narvaez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raza Microelectronics, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique deallocates memory in a multicasting environment, such as within a network device. The technique involves tracking the slowest member of a plurality of multicast members designated to receive an input packet or flow and, other than a deallocation request presented by the slowest member, blocking all deallocation requests from being allowed.