Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer-to-computer data modifying
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-18
2006-04-18
Vu, Thong (Department: 2142)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer-to-computer data modifying
C709S203000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07032031
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for enhancing the infrastructure of a network such as the Internet is disclosed. A packet interceptor/processor apparatus is coupled with the network so as to be able to intercept and process packets flowing over the network. Further, the apparatus provides external connectivity to other devices that wish to intercept packets as well. The apparatus applies one or more rules to the intercepted packets which execute one or more functions on a dynamically specified portion of the packet and take one or more actions with the packets. The apparatus is capable of analyzing any portion of the packet including the header and payload. Actions include releasing the packet unmodified, deleting the packet, modifying the packet, logging/storing information about the packet or forwarding the packet to an external device for subsequent processing. Further, the rules may be dynamically modified by the external devices.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4692918 (1987-09-01), Elliott et al.
patent: 5179556 (1993-01-01), Turner
patent: 5195181 (1993-03-01), Bryant et al.
patent: 5566170 (1996-10-01), Bakke et al.
patent: 5784582 (1998-07-01), Hughes
patent: 5805820 (1998-09-01), Bellovin et al.
patent: 5867704 (1999-02-01), Tanaka et al.
patent: 5938737 (1999-08-01), Smallcomb et al.
patent: 5953503 (1999-09-01), Mitzenmacher et al.
patent: 5991713 (1999-11-01), Unger et al.
patent: 6006264 (1999-12-01), Colby et al.
patent: 6014660 (2000-01-01), Lim et al.
patent: 6016512 (2000-01-01), Huitema
patent: 6029175 (2000-02-01), Chow et al.
patent: 6046980 (2000-04-01), Packer
patent: 6052718 (2000-04-01), Gifford
patent: 6065055 (2000-05-01), Hughes et al.
patent: 6070191 (2000-05-01), Narendran et al.
patent: 6073168 (2000-06-01), Mighdoll et al.
patent: 6084878 (2000-07-01), Crayford et al.
patent: 6105027 (2000-08-01), Schneider et al.
patent: 6108703 (2000-08-01), Leighton et al.
patent: 6167438 (2000-12-01), Yates et al.
patent: 6178505 (2001-01-01), Schneider et al.
patent: 6226642 (2001-05-01), Beranek et al.
patent: 6247059 (2001-06-01), Johnson et al.
patent: 6256671 (2001-07-01), Strentzsch et al.
patent: 6256739 (2001-07-01), Skopp et al.
patent: 6285679 (2001-09-01), Dally et al.
patent: 6324582 (2001-11-01), Sridhar et al.
patent: 6324585 (2001-11-01), Zhang et al.
patent: 6330561 (2001-12-01), Cohen et al.
patent: 6389462 (2002-05-01), Cohen et al.
patent: 6393026 (2002-05-01), Irwin
patent: 6397259 (2002-05-01), Lincke et al.
patent: 6408336 (2002-06-01), Schneider et al.
patent: 6424658 (2002-07-01), Mathur
patent: 6425003 (2002-07-01), Herzog et al.
patent: 6480508 (2002-11-01), Mwikalo et al.
patent: 6502135 (2002-12-01), Munger et al.
patent: 6526426 (2003-02-01), Lakritz
patent: 6535518 (2003-03-01), Hu et al.
patent: 6546423 (2003-04-01), Dutta et al.
patent: 6560227 (2003-05-01), Bartoldus et al.
patent: 6574666 (2003-06-01), Dutta et al.
patent: 6578073 (2003-06-01), Starnes et al.
patent: 6581090 (2003-06-01), Lindbo et al.
patent: 6587466 (2003-07-01), Bhattacharya et al.
patent: 6598034 (2003-07-01), Kloth
patent: 6606710 (2003-08-01), Krishnan et al.
patent: 6611875 (2003-08-01), Chopra et al.
patent: 6662213 (2003-12-01), Xie et al.
patent: 6691124 (2004-02-01), Gupta et al.
patent: 6728885 (2004-04-01), Taylor et al.
patent: 6768992 (2004-07-01), Jolitz
patent: 6772347 (2004-08-01), Xie et al.
patent: 6785728 (2004-08-01), Schneider et al.
patent: 6826694 (2004-11-01), Dutta et al.
patent: 6847989 (2005-01-01), Chastain et al.
patent: 6850529 (2005-02-01), Wong
patent: 6854063 (2005-02-01), Qu et al.
patent: 2001/0037359 (2001-11-01), Mockett et al.
patent: 2002/0009079 (2002-01-01), Jungck et al.
patent: 2002/0065938 (2002-05-01), Jungck et al.
patent: 2002/0112073 (2002-08-01), MeLampy et al.
patent: 2002/0194291 (2002-12-01), Jungck et al.
patent: 2003/0009651 (2003-01-01), Najam et al.
patent: 2003/0018796 (2003-01-01), Chou et al.
patent: 0 865 180 (1998-03-01), None
patent: WO 98/17039 (1998-04-01), None
patent: WO 99/05584 (1999-02-01), None
patent: WO 99/09725 (1999-02-01), None
patent: WO 99/27684 (1999-06-01), None
patent: WO 99/60459 (1999-11-01), None
patent: WO 00/14938 (2000-03-01), None
patent: WO 00/27092 (2000-05-01), None
patent: WO 00/28713 (2000-05-01), None
Integrating Java-based Mobile Agents into Web Servers under . . . —Fünfrocken (1998) ; www.isa.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/VS/Publikationen/Fuenfrocken/papers/hicss98-wasp.ps.
Adaptive Scheduling with Client Resources to Improve WWW . . . —Andresen, Yang (1996) ; www.cs.ucsb.edu/TRs/techreports/TRCS96-27.ps.
Enabling the Internet to Deliver Content-Oriented Services—Beck, Hofmann (2001) ; www.cs.bu.edu/techreports/2001-017-wcw01-proceedings/107—beck.pdf.
System Design Issues for Internet Middleware Services: Deductions . . . —Gribble (1997) http.cs.berkeley.edu/˜gribble/papers/msc—thesis.ps.gz.
Implementing a Secure rlogin Environment: A Case Study of . . . —Kim, Orman, O'Malley (1995) ftp.cs.arizona.edu/xkernel/Papers/rlogin.ps.
A Hierarchical Mobility Management Scheme for IPv6—Claude Castelluccia ballesta.inrialpes.fr/Infos/Personnes/Claude.Castelluccia/iscc98.ps.gz.
Corpus-Based Learning of Compound Noun Indexing—Ung-Kwan Kwak Jee-Hyub (2000) www.ai.mit.edu/people/jimmylin/papers/Kwak00.pdf.
The Role of Test Cases in Automated Knowledge Refinement—Palmer, Craw (1996) www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/publications/96/96—4.ps.gz.
The Policy Obstacle Course: The Realisation of Low-Level . . . —Schema York July www.cs.york.ac.uk/˜jdm/pubs/polobstc.ps.Z.
Data Filter Architecture Pattern Robert Flanders and Eduardo . . . —Dept Of Computer jerry.cs.uiuc.edu/˜plop/plop99/proceedings/Fernandez5/Flanders3.PDF.
JISC JTAP Report “Network Delivery of High Quality MPEG-2 Digital Video,” Oct. 1998, 58 pages.
3com Virtual Lan Tutorial, obtained from http://munshi.sonoma.edu/s97/bus420/vlan.html, Jul. 21, 2003, pp. 1-21.
Przygienda and Droz, Abstract “Proxy PNNI Augmented Routing (Proxy PAR)”, pp. 371-377, © 1998 IEEE.
Stevenson and Julin, Abstract, “Client-Server Interactions in Multi-Server Operating,” Sep. 1994, 16 pages.
John Pescatore, Gartner Analyst, “Commentary: Digging into the DNS foundation,” obtained at internet address, http:/
ews.cnet.com
ews/0-1005-202-2080091.html, Jun. 15, 2000.
Rainbow Technologies Products, “CryptoSwift eCommerce Accelerator,” obtained at internet address, http://isg.rainbow.com/products/cs—1.html, Aug. 5, 2000.
FlowWise Networks, Inc., “AutoRoute™ Automatic Configuration of Layer 3 Routing,” www.flowwise.com.
FlowWise, “Router Accelerator—RA 7000 from FlowWise,” obtained at internet address http://www.flowise.com/products/ra7000.htm.
Intel® IXP1200 Network Processor, obtained at internet address, http://developer.intel.com/design
etwork/ixp1200.htm.
Marshall Brain, How Stuff Works, “How Web Servers and the Internet Work,” obtained at internet address http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-server.htm.
Marshall Brain, How Stuff Works, “How Domain Name Servers Work,” obtained at internet address http://www.howstuffworks.com/dns.htm.
Curt Franklin, How Stuff Works, “How Routers Work,” obtained at internet address http://www.howstuffworks.com/router.htm.
Microsoft Corporation, Sep. 1998 “Introduction to TCP/IP,” obtained at internet address http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/backgrnd/html/tcpipintro.htm.
Robert Stone, “CenterTrack: An IP Overlay Network for Tracking DoS Floods,” Article Oct. 1, 1999, pp. 1-9.
Chapter 1 TCP/IP Fundamentals, obtained at internet address http://webdocs.sequent.com/docs/tcpoac01/ch—1.htm, pp. 1-28.
Cheng Wu, “Web Switching: A New Generation of Networking,” pp. 1-3.
ArrowPoint Communications™ Article, “A Comparative Analysis of Web Switching Architectures,” pp. 1-11.
ArrowPoint Communications™, Brochure,
Jungck Peder J.
Najam Zahid
Nguyen Andrew T.
Penke Ramachandra-Rao
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Cloudshield Technologies, Inc.
Vu Thong
LandOfFree
Edge adapter apparatus and method does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Edge adapter apparatus and method, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Edge adapter apparatus and method will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3541110