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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:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 45/566 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 2463/041 (2013.01);
Abstract
One or more functions to be performed on a packet at one or more network nodes along a network path are determined at a network device. A packet is generated which includes a packet header. Included in the packet header are an instruction pointer and an instruction portion. A first instruction for the one or more functions to be performed at the one or more network nodes is written to the instruction portion. Additionally, a value pointing to the first instruction is written to the instruction pointer. The packet is transmitted along the network path from the network device.