Motorola Corporation

William Joseph Hutchings

Curtis Lee Cornils

Lee Silverthorn

A bridging apparatus (,) for use in bridging a plurality of external communications networks (,) includes a plurality of network interfaces (,) and a bridge (,). The individual interfaces within the plurality of network interfaces (,) are each capable of converting signals between a signal format used by an associated external communications network and a common signal format supported by the bridge (,). The bridge (,) establishes at least one bridge connection between network interfaces according to a predetermined bridging function. The bridge (,) includes a digital processor having an associated memory for storing one or more bridging programs. The digital processor executes at least one of the bridging programs in order to implement the desired bridging function.

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William Joseph Hutchings