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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. 20, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2010
Applicants:
Deepak Goel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ramesh Panwar, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Deepak Goel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ramesh Panwar, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a key associated with a portion of a data packet, comparing the key to a first range extreme, selecting a second range extreme, and comparing the key with the second range. The first range extreme is associated with a first range and the second range is associated with a second range. The second range is selected based on the comparing the key to the first range extreme. The method includes producing a policy vector associated with the first or second range.