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US 7,734,795 B2Granted
Translating switch and method
AssigneeAOL Inc.
InventorGilbert G. Weigand
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Abstract
Payload information in a data unit may be translated into the attribute portion of a data unit by receiving a first data unit from a terminal with payload information, identifying attribute information from within the payload information, and translating the first data unit into a translated data unit having an attribute portion corresponding to the attribute information from within the payload information of the first data unit.
Claims20
A translating switch comprising:
- a first communications interface configured to receive a data unit, the data unit including an attribute portion and a payload portion;
- a data unit classifier configured to:
- inspect the payload portion of the data unit, and
- identify, from within the payload portion of the data unit, a request for content based on the inspection of the payload portion of the data unit;
- a first processor configured to map the identified request for content included in the payload portion of the data unit to an address at which the requested content is made available, the address having a different format than the identified request for content included in the payload portion of the data unit;
- a second processor configured to modify the attribute portion of the data unit to include the address at which the requested content is made available based on the mapping;
- and
- a second communications interface configured to transmit the modified data unit.
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A method of transmitting a data unit, the method comprising:
- receiving a data unit, the data unit including an attribute portion and a payload portion;
- inspecting the payload portion of the data unit;
- identifying, from within the payload portion of the data unit, a request for content based on the inspection of the payload portion of the data unit;
- mapping the identified request for content included in the payload portion of the data unit to an address at which the requested content is made available, the address having a different format than the identified request for content included in the payload portion of the data unit;
- modifying the attribute portion of the data unit to include the address at which the requested content is made available based on the mapping;
- and
- transmitting the modified data unit.
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A translating switch comprising:
- means for receiving a data unit, the data unit including an attribute portion and a payload portion;
- means for inspecting the payload portion of the data unit;
- means for identifying, from within the payload portion of the data unit, a request for content based on the inspection of the payload portion of the data unit;
- means for mapping the identified request for content included in the payload portion of the data unit to an address at which the requested content is made available, the address having a different format than the identified request for content included in the payload portion of the data unit;
- means for modifying the attribute portion of the data unit to include the address at which the requested content is made available based on the mapping;
- and
- means for transmitting the modified data unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.