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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:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2002
Applicants:
John Lynch, Raleigh, NC (US);
Matt Squire, Raleigh, NC (US);
Rich Williams, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hatteras Networks, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A packet is classified by associating a network layer address with a service, obtaining the data link layer address for that network layer address, and associating a packet with that service if the data link layer destination address associated with the packet matches the data link layer address associated with the service.