US 11,924,005 B2
Dedicated network gateway device
Matthew Robert Williams, Kanata (CA)
Assigned to ROCKPORT NETWORKS, INC., Ottawa (CA)
Filed by ROCKPORT NETWORKS INC., Ottawa (CA)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/719,960.
Application 17/719,960 is a continuation of application No. 16/754,339, granted, now 11,398,928, previously published as PCT/IB2018/057945, filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2982147 (CA), filed on Oct. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0345333 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/66 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 49/00 (2022.01); H04L 49/15 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/66 (2013.01) [G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2013.01); H04L 49/15 (2013.01); H04L 49/30 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dedicated network gateway device capable of at least one of bridging, switching and routing network traffic between a traditional network and a direct interconnect network comprising:
a host interface card comprising:
a first port that is a direct interconnect port configured to be connected to the direct interconnect network;
a second port that is a traditional network port configured to be connected to at least one of switches and devices that form the traditional network; and
at least one computation device internally connected to at least one of the first port and the second port;
wherein the dedicated network gateway device is capable of bridging, switching or routing network traffic between the traditional network and the direct interconnect network;
wherein the host interface card is adapted to be connected to a host device via a communication bus;
wherein the at least one computation device is capable of switching network traffic between the traditional network and the direct interconnect network without intervention by the host device; and
wherein the first port is configured to be connected to the direct interconnect network via a network traffic forwarding device that is capable of acting as a direct interconnect node with locally destined/sourced traffic sent over a traditional network interface.