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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Harshvardhan Sharangpani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rajesh Patil, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Harshvardhan Sharangpani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rajesh Patil, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for a rule processor for conducting contextual searches, the processor comprising a plurality of input payload search registers, search execution engine coupled to the plurality of search registers to perform one or more contextual searches on content in the search registers by via parallel pattern matching in response to executing rules specifying the one or more searches, and presenting one or more patterns to the content in the search registers.