Patent ID: 7313608
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a data forwarding service in a network device comprising a data forwarding device, comprising the steps of: receiving at the network device a document written in accordance with a markup language and a corresponding document definition, wherein the document describes the data forwarding service by specifying a class of objects for the data forwarding service; parsing by the network device the received document in accordance with the corresponding document definition, wherein the parsing determines at least one parameter describing the data forwarding service; and executing the data forwarding service on the network device upon completion of the parsing, in accordance with the parsed document, wherein the executing includes instantiating and launching the data forwarding service in the data forwarding device based on the class of objects for the data forwarding service, and wherein the data forwarding service configures a forwarding architecture in the network device operable to filter network traffic.