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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. 29, 2000
Filed:
May. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fumio Hirase, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370395 ; 370400 ; 370449 ;
Abstract
A method for establishing bidirectional connections and multiple connections performed by an ATM switching device is disclosed, and the method may include the steps of recognizing a connection request message sent from one calling subscriber, including information concerning other n-1 called subscribers in the asynchronous transfer mode switching device transmitting the connection request message to the n-1 called subscribers, and transmitting a response to the calling subscriber from the n-1 called subscribers from the asynchronous transfer mode switching device; and establishing bidirectional connections between the calling subscriber and the called subscribers.