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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:
Nov. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Michael Christie, deceased, late of San Bruno, CA (US);
by Joseph Christie, executor, Mt. Pleasant, PA (US);
by Jean Christie, executrix, Mt. Pleasant, PA (US);
William Lyle Wiley, Olathe, KS (US);
Royal Dean Howell, Trimble, MS (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Co. L.P., K.C., MO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370410 ; 370524 ; 370905 ; 379230 ;
Abstract
The invention comprises a telecommunications signaling processor that processes Signaling System #7 (SS7) telecommunications signaling messages to select Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) virtual connections and provide control messages indicating the selected ATM virtual connections.