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Intelligent network interface system and method for protocol processing

  • US 8,856,379 B2
  • Filed: 09/27/2013
  • Issued: 10/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for receiving data by a network interface that is coupled to a computer by an input/output (I/O) bus, the method comprising:

  • running, on the computer, a protocol processing stack including an Internet Protocol (IP) layer and a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) layer, with an upper layer running above the TCP layer;

    storing, on the network interface, a TCP connection defined by source and destination IP addresses and source and destination TCP ports;

    receiving, by the network interface, a network packet having an IP header, a TCP header and data;

    parsing, by the network interface, the IP header and TCP header; and

    storing, by the network interface, the data in a memory location of the computer allocated by the upper layer.

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