US 6,771,646 C1 (12,546th)
Associative cache structure for lookups and updates to flow records in a network monitor
Haig A. Sarkissian, San Antonio, TX (US); Russell S. Dietz, San Jose, CA (US); and William H. Bares, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Haig A. Sarkissian, San Antonio, TX (US); Russell S. Dietz, San Jose, CA (US); and William H. Bares, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Packet Intelligence LLC
Reexamination Request No. 90/014,944, Jan. 14, 2022.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 6,771,646, issued Aug. 3, 2004, Appl. No. 09/608,266, Jun. 30, 2000.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/141,903, filed on Jun. 30, 1999.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Mar. 22, 2024.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 12/123 (2016.01)
CPC G06F 12/123 (2013.01)
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claim 3 is confirmed.
Claims 1-2 and 4-20 were not reexamined.
3. A packet monitor according to claim 2, wherein the cache subsystem is an associative cache subsystem including one or more content addressable memory cells (CAMs).