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Patent Inventor Names
Scott Michael Willenborg0
Natarajan Vaidhyanathan0
Philippe Damon0
Ronald Edward Fuhs0
Chih-jen Chang0
Claude Basso0
Colin Beaton Verrilli0
Fabrice Jean Verplanken0
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Date of Patent
February 17, 2009
0Patent Application Number
110963620
Date Filed
April 1, 2005
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A method for performing a lookup for a packet in a computer network are disclosed. The packet includes a header. The method includes providing a parser, providing a lookup engine coupled with the parser, and providing a processor coupled with the lookup engine. The parser is for parsing the packet for the header prior to receipt of the packet being completed. The lookup engine performs a lookup for the header and returns a resultant. In one aspect, the lookup includes performing a local lookup of a cache that includes resultants of previous lookups. The processor processes the resultant.
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