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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Scott B. Guthery, Newton, MA (US);
Scott B. Guthery, Newton, MA (US);
Momin Development Fund LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed to enable a smart card having relatively low data rate and low computational power to control a high data rate communications channel without degradation of performance. The smart card and an associated monitor/interface, which can be implemented in a network access device, are interposed between transmitting and receiving nodes in a network, and configured to intervene when conditions of rules stored in the smart card are met. For example, the smart card can intervene when a packet header indicates sufficient change in information, such as the exceeding of a predefined threshold or a requirement for user authorization/authentication. In one mode of regulating packet flow, the smart card selectively enables or disables packet transmission, reception, or both, according to the rules stored therein.