US Patent 7533109 Item queue management

Network devices, systems, and methods are provided involving item routing management. One embodiment includes a computing device item routing management having a number of queues and a logic component. The number of queues can hold a number of items to be routed, via a routing path within the computing device, at least one of the items having time information associated therewith. The logic component can review at least one of the number of items held within the queue based upon the time information to determine whether to discard the item.