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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. 02, 2007
Filed:
May. 20, 2002
Applicants:
Neil Mammen, San Jose, CA (US);
Mammen Thomas, San Jose, CA (US);
Sanjay Agarwal, San Jose, CA (US);
M. Varghese Ninan, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Neil Mammen, San Jose, CA (US);
Mammen Thomas, San Jose, CA (US);
Sanjay Agarwal, San Jose, CA (US);
M. Varghese Ninan, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04J 1/16 (2006.01); G08C 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a network hardware machine is disclosed. The network hardware machine includes a central processing unit (CPU) that processes data packets received at the network hardware machine, and a classifier, coupled to the CPU, that classifies the packets prior to the packets being received at the CPU.