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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory M Vaudreuil, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370352 ; 370401 ; 370428 ; 379 8817 ; 379 9324 ; 39520068 ;
Abstract
A network hub system (200) is connected to a communications cloud (18) as well as messaging systems (202), (204), (206) and (208). A public access port (212) interacts with a public virtual messaging system (202a). A private access port (214) interacts with a private virtual messaging system (202b). Address translation tables are used to provide for identification of members of messaging communities which allow for the implementation of virtual private networks connected to hub system (200) and other hubs.