The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Roland Westrelin, Grenoble, FR;
Erik Nordmark, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nicolas Fugier, Grenoble, FR;
Eric Lemoine, Theys, FR;
Roland Westrelin, Grenoble, FR;
Erik Nordmark, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nicolas Fugier, Grenoble, FR;
Eric Lemoine, Theys, FR;
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system that includes a host including at least one per-connection data structure and at least one per-processor data structure, wherein the at least one per-connection data structure is associated with a connection, and an offload engine operatively connected to the host. The engine includes offload engine connection registers and functionality to update the at least one per-connection data structures in the host, wherein the offload engine is configured to send and receive network data on the connection, wherein the host and the offload engine communicate using the at least one per-processor data structure, and wherein the offload engine communicates a status of the connection to the host using the offload engine connection registers.