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US 7032031
Edge adapter apparatus and method
Current assignee: Lookingglass Cyber Solutions LLC
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Patent summary
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Patent Overview — US 7,032,031 B2
Title: Edge adapter apparatus and method
Patent number: US7032031B2 | Application number: US09/858,309 | Other version: US20020009079A1
Inventor(s): Peder J. Jungck; Zahid Najam; Andrew T. Nguyen; Ramachandra-Rao Penke
Assignee: Original assignee Cloudshield Technologies Inc; current assignee listed as Lookingglass Cyber Solutions LLC (per the source's own caveat that listed assignees may be inaccurate).
Key dates (as stated in the source): Priority date 2000-06-23, claimed from US09/602,129; filing date 2001-05-15; publication of US20020009079A1 on 2002-01-24; patent granted/publication of US7032031B2 on 2006-04-18; legal status "Expired – Lifetime, expires 2022-09-25" (adjusted expiration). Assignments recorded include Venture Lending & Leasing IV/V (2005, 2008), Pacific Western Bank (2015), Lookingglass Cyber Solutions (2018, 2023, 2024), and others.
Purpose and plain-language scope (from the supplied text only): The excerpt identifies the disclosure as an "edge adapter apparatus and method" dealing with packets, networks, and rules. The prior-art keywords listed are packet, network, rule, server, data. Its classifications place it in traffic control in data switching networks (flow/congestion control, including at layers above the network layer), network addressing/naming via the domain name system (DNS), and network security — specifically separating internal from external traffic (firewalls), filtering policies, and rule management.
On that basis, in plain terms, the claimed subject matter appears directed to an adapter situated at a network edge that applies rules to packets — spanning traffic handling, DNS-based name-to-address mapping, and firewall-style filtering with rule management. The excerpt does not supply the claims, abstract, or detailed description.
What the excerpt does not establish: It does not set out any claim language, the written description, or the specific technical implementation; it does not establish the scope of any particular claim, the exact number of claims, or dependencies; and it does not establish inventorship disputes, validity, or the accuracy of the listed assignees or legal status, which the source itself flags as assumptions rather than legal conclusions.
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7032031/en (excerpt; omitted text not consulted).
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