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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. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Michael Ward Johnson, Livermore, CA (US);
Andrew Currid, Alameda, CA (US);
Mrudula Kanuri, Santa Clara, CA (US);
John Shigeto Minami, Honolulu, HI (US);
Inventors:
Michael Ward Johnson, Livermore, CA (US);
Andrew Currid, Alameda, CA (US);
Mrudula Kanuri, Santa Clara, CA (US);
John Shigeto Minami, Honolulu, HI (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, method, and related data structure are provided for transmitting data in a network. Included is a data object (i.e. metadata) for communicating between a first network protocol layer and a second network protocol layer. In use, the data object facilitates network communication management utilizing a transport offload engine.