Patent ID: 11962494
Assignee: PENSANDO SYSTEMS INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A system comprising:
a first tree means for storing a first version of a plurality of records, the records indicating a plurality of rules that include a routing rule, a firewall rule, or a load balancing rule;
a search means for searching, in response to receiving a network packet, the first tree means for a node matching the network packet to thereby identify one of the rules;
a means for receiving a new data for storage in the records;
a means for using the new data to identify a plurality of altered tree nodes and retained tree nodes of the first tree means; and
a means for producing a second tree means for storing a second version of the records, the second tree means produced from the first tree means by replacing the altered tree nodes and retaining the retained tree nodes,
wherein producing the second tree means begins after searching the first tree means and before searching the first tree means completes.