A context-selection mechanism is provided for selecting a best context from a pool of contexts for processing a data packet. The context selection mechanism comprises, an interface for communicating with a multi-streaming processor; circuitry for computing input data into a result value according to...http://www.google.de/patents/US7649901?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7649901 - Method and apparatus for optimizing selection of available contexts for packet processing in multi-stream packet processing