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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 11, 2021
Applicant:

128 Technology, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Inventors:

Patrick Timmons, Newton, MA (US);

Michael Baj, Bedford, MA (US);

Robert Penfield, Concord, MA (US);

Hadriel S. Kaplan, Nashua, NH (US);

Patrick J. MeLampy, Dunstable, MA (US);

Assignee:

128 Technology, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/24 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04L 45/56 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method routes packets from a source to a destination across an IP network having a plurality of nodes (including the source and destination), and a plurality of network segments interconnecting the plurality of nodes. The source and destination are configured to use a given service. To those ends, the method receives information relating to the given service, and forms a path between the source and the destination. The path includes a) at least one intermediate node between the source and the destination and b) a plurality of specific network segments extending from the source to the destination. The plurality of specific network segments are a sub-set of the plurality of network segments. To form the path, the method assigns the plurality of specific network segments to the network path between the source and the destination as a function of the information relating to the given service.


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