Patent ID: 9385912
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a data packet at a networking device in the electronic environment, the data packet comprising a field of information identifying a format of the data packet, the field of information being located at a first nonzero offset position within a header of the data packet; generating a plurality of data segments, each data segment of the plurality of data segments including at least a portion of the data packet and a header of the data segment comprising at least a portion of the field of information identifying the format of the data packet, the at least a portion of the field of information being located at the first nonzero offset position within the header of the data segment; utilizing a framework with the networking device to recognize a type of the data packet based at least in part upon the field of information identifying the format of the data packet, the type of the data packet not being otherwise recognized by the networking device; in response to recognizing the type of the data packet, replicating an inner header, an outer header, and the field of information identifying the format of the data packet to a header of each of the plurality of data segments to form a full encapsulated header for each data segment; and in response to recognizing the type of the data packet, transmitting the plurality of data segments through the framework to a destination.