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System and methods for generic data transparent rules to support quality of service

  • US 7,856,012 B2
  • Filed: 06/16/2006
  • Issued: 12/21/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for prioritizing a block of data to provide content-based quality of service in a network, the method including:

  • receiving a block of data;

    using at least one processing device to perform the steps of;

    selecting a selected rule from a set of available rules, wherein the selected rule includes an operation to be performed on the block of data and a key used in performing the operation on the block of data;

    processing the block of data according to the selected rule based at least in part on the operation to determine a decision value based at least in part on the key;

    prioritizing the block of data, wherein the block of data is prioritized based at least in part on the decision value.

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