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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:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2012
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract
Machines, systems and methods for data transmission in a data communications network are provided. The method comprises receiving a data packet for transmission, the data packet having a first header portion and a second header portion, wherein the first header portion comprises an identifier indicating that any information in the first header portion is not to be used; and determining destination information comprising at least a physical address of a destination in the data communications network to which the data packet is to be transmitted based on information included in the second header portion.