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Fixed length filtering to filter clusters of discrete segments of data

  • US 7,487,254 B2
  • Filed: 12/20/2001
  • Issued: 02/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a processor configured to execute control logic to perform operations that includereceiving, from a client system processing clusters of data found in digital packets, an identification of at least two clusters of discrete segments of data within at least one of said digital packets, wherein a first one of the at least two clusters of data is formatted in accordance with a first protocol and a second one of the at least two clusters of data is formatted in accordance with a second protocol different than the first protocol, and wherein receiving an identification of at least two clusters includes receiving an identification of a protocol of the data and a value; and

    processing the identification to select at least two fixed length filters from a plurality of fixed length filters to filter the at least two clusters, wherein each of the selected at least two fixed length filters has an offset value corresponding to a beginning of one of the at least two clusters.

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