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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:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Pankaj Mehra, San Jose, CA (US);
Rahul Nim, Fremont, CA (US);
James R. Hamrick, Murrieta, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic system may include an application programming interface for use in conjunction with a virtual switch. In some embodiments, the electronic system may comprise a processor; a network interface controller including a hardware port, a virtual switch comprising software executed by the processor, and an application programming interface ('API') running on the processor and usable by a application to interface with the virtual switch.