G06N5027
Please help me predict the CPC LABEL for this patentPATENT ABSTRACT: The present invention discloses a rule matching method including: receiving a packet; detecting feature information in content of the packet, and determining whether the detected feature information in the packet conforms to a classification characteristic of one rule group among a plurality of preset rule groups; if yes, determining a state machine corresponding to the one rule group as a first state machine; and determining whether the first state machine is stored in an on-chip memory, and if yes, using the first state machine to match the packet to obtain a matching result; and if no, when an off-chip memory stores the first state machine, loading the first state machine from the off-chip memory into the on-chip memory, and using the first state machine to match the packet to obtain a matching result. Embodiments of the present invention enable a product to achieve better performance.