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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. 09, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2003
Applicants:
Timothy M. Gage, Durham, NC (US);
Alvaro E. Retana, Morrisville, NC (US);
Inventors:
Timothy M. Gage, Durham, NC (US);
Alvaro E. Retana, Morrisville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for communicating packets in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a first and a second packet and determining if the second packet is substantially similar to the first packet. If the second packet is received during a predetermined time interval, then the first packet may be communicated to a next destination.