Patent ID: 7913261

Claim:
An information-processing method including: receiving a message; ascertaining whether the message is in a selected application format; if the message is not in the selected application format: routing the message to a next location; and if the message is in the selected format: routing the message to a selected application processor; processing the message by the selected application processor; and routing the message to the next location; wherein the selected application format relates to the encryption status of the message, and wherein the message has a property selected from the group consisting of: (a) the message is in the selected application format if it is not encrypted, and the message is not in the selected application format if it is encrypted, and (b) the message is in the selected application format if it is encrypted, and the message is not in the selected application format if it is not encrypted; wherein receiving a packet or the message from a network includes receiving the packet from a packet switched network; and processing the message by the selected application processor includes decrypting the message by the selected application processor; wherein first and second iterations of the method are performed, and wherein the receiving a message of the second iteration corresponds to the routing of the message to a next location of the first iteration, whereby the message is processed in a pipeline fashion.