The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Metaswitch Networks Ltd, Enfield, GB;
Casey Davenport, San Francisco, CA (US);
Simon Wingrove, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alex Pollitt, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Curtis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shaun Crampton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steve Balls, Enfield, GB;
Fiona Corden, Enfield, GB;
METASWITCH NETWORKS LTD., Enfield, GB;
Abstract
Measures for processing data in a packet-switched network. At a first device in the network, a packet transmitted from a second device in the network is received. The received packet comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a third device in the network. On the basis of the IP address for the third device comprised in the received data packet, lookup in an IP routing table of the second device is initiated to obtain a next-hop address for the received packet. The obtained next-hop IP address is determined to be an IP address of a device connected to the first device.