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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:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2003
Applicant:
Jyshyang Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jyshyang Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
O2Micro International Limited, Georgetown, Grand Cayman, KY;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an integrated VPN/firewall system that uses bath hardware (firmware) and software to optimize the efficiency of both VPN and firewall functions. The hardware portions of the VPN and firewall are designed in flexible and scalable layers to permit high-speed processing without sacrificing system security. The software portions are adapted to provide interfacing with hardware components, report and rules management control.