Patent ID: 8209457

Claim:
A processing device, comprising: a housing; a platform hub housed in the housing; a first processing agent housed in the housing and connected to the platform hub; and a network interface operable to connect the processing device to an external network that is external to the housing, wherein the platform hub comprises: an interconnect; a second processing agent connected to the interconnect; and a classification adapter unit, wherein the classification adapter unit is connected between the network interface and the interconnect, and the classification adapter unit is configured to interface with a communication agent such that the classification adapter unit is operable to: (1) receive from the communication agent a packet that the communication agent received via the network interface, the packet having a header and a data payload, (2) compare data from both the data payload and header with pre-determined data, and (3) perform a certain predetermined action in response to determining that the compared data matches the predetermined data.