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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2007
Applicants:

Bruce E. Lavigne, Roseville, CA (US);

Alan R. Albrecht, Granite Bay, CA (US);

Mauricio Sanchez, Roseville, CA (US);

Inventors:

Bruce E. LaVigne, Roseville, CA (US);

Alan R. Albrecht, Granite Bay, CA (US);

Mauricio Sanchez, Roseville, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Network devices and methods are provided for packet processing. One method includes using logic embedded in an application specific integrated circuit on a network device to dynamically adjust an access control list. According to the method, the access control list is adjusted in response to information received from a checking functionality related to packets received by the network device from a particular port. The method also includes handling packets later received from the particular port according to the adjusted access control list.


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