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US 8,027,345 B2Granted
Method for automatically providing quality of service
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorsDeepak Ayyagari, Sherman L. Gavette
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Abstract
The embodiments of the present invention provide methods, devices, and systems that automatically provide quality of service to one or more packets, typically by determining whether packets are connection-worthy and accordingly providing connection specifications.
Claims20
A method of automatically establishing a connection for at least one packet that has no associated classifier rule matched by a classifier, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining whether the at least one packet is connection-oriented service worthy;
- and
- if the at least one packet, having no associated classifier rule matched by the classifier, is connection-oriented service worthy, updating the classifier with at least one classifier rule related to the at least one packet, the at least one classifier rule comprising connection information and a set of one or more criteria.
A device configured to be operably coupled to a network, the device comprising:
- a classifier configured to:
- match at least one packet with at least one rule in a set of classifier rules;
- and
- associate the at least one packet to one or more connections when the at least one packet matches with the at least one rule;
- an auto-connect service module configured to:
- if the at least one packet is not matched with the at least one rule in the set of classifier rules,
- examine the at least one packet;
- release the at least one packet to connectionless traffic after the examination;
- determine whether the at least one packet is connection-oriented service worthy;
- and
- a rule configurator module configured to:
- if the at least one packet is determined connection-oriented service worthy, update, based on the at least one packet, at least one new classifier rule, the at least one new classifier rule comprising connection information and a set of one or more criteria.
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A system comprising:
- a first device comprising,
- a classifier configured to:
- match at least one packet with at least one rule in a set of classifier rules;
- and
- associate the at least one packet to one or more connections when the at least one packet matches with the at least one rule;
- an auto-connect service module configured to:
- if the at least one packet is not matched with the at least one rule in the set of classifier rules,
- examine the at least one packet;
- release the at least one packet to connectionless traffic after the examination;
- determine whether the at least one packet is connection-oriented service worthy;
- generate a connection specification for the at least one packet;
- and
- initiate a connection based on the generated connection specification;
- and
- a rule configurator module configured to:
- if the at least one packet is determined connection-oriented service worthy, update, based on the at least one packet, at least one new classifier rule, the at least one new classifier rule comprising connection information and a set of one or more criteria;
- and
- a second device adapted to receive packets via the initiated connection;
- and
- a network segment operably connecting the first device and the second device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.