Full offload of stateful connections, with partial connection offload

W Noureddine, AT Eiriksson - US Patent 7,831,720, 2010 - Google Patents
A method of operating a system including a host and intelligent network interface circuitry
extends a passive open operation to accomplish full offload of a stateful connection between …

Using TCP/IP offload to accelerate packet filtering

S Nanda, R Danilak, PJ Gyugyi, TA Maufer… - US Patent …, 2008 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus for filtering a packet on a connection within a computing system. In
one embodiment, the method includes: receiving the packet; delegating the packet to an …

Methods and apparatuses for network flow analysis and control

A Sodhi, H Els - US Patent 9,319,293, 2016 - Google Patents
Techniques for network packet flow analysis and control are described herein. One example
method may include obtain ing network topology information corresponding to a plural ity of …

High performance memory based communications interface

K Huang, MF Kemp - US Patent 7,773,630, 2010 - Google Patents
Embodiments of the present invention include enhanced functionalities and components
within a Communication Endpoint Processor (CEP) that act as an interface between …

Virtualization of an I/O adapter port using enablement and activation functions

UC Njoku, FW Brice Jr, D Craddock… - US Patent …, 2007 - Google Patents
A method for configuring a communication port of a communications interface of an
information handling system into a plurality of virtual ports. A first command is issued to …

Mapping in mobile data collection systems, such as for utility meter reading and related applications

S Hoiness, R Hoke, CG Edwards, JN Blum - US Patent 7,283,062, 2007 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Utility companies typically rely on meter reading to determine consumption
of a utility by its customers. In some utility meter reading applications, operators drive …

Intelligent network storage interface system

DD Starr, CM Philbrick, LB Boucher - US Patent 8,019,901, 2011 - Google Patents
An interface device is connected to a host by an I/O bus and provides hardware and
processing mechanisms for accelerating data transfers between a network and a storage …

Time sensitive networking device

K Kasichainula - US Patent 10,754,816, 2020 - Google Patents
The present disclosure generally relates to a device, method, or system for time sensitive
networking. In an example, the device can include a time-sensitive networking controller and …

Parsing a packet header

LB Boucher, SEJ Blightman, PK Craft… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
An intelligent network interface card (INIC) or communication processing device (CPD)
works with a host computer for data communication. The device provides a fast-path that …

Tcp/udp acceleration

H Hall, I Sokolinski, M Merhar - US Patent 9,639,553, 2017 - Google Patents
A method for accelerating TCP/UDP packet switching. The method involves determining
whether exception processing is necessary; if not, the packet is forwarded to a special stack …