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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory Hurst Kisor, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370431 ; 370252 ;
Abstract
A system transmits data, which includes a plurality of data types, over a plurality of communication paths. The system determines which of the plurality of communication paths are available for transmitting the data. The system then determines at least one desired quality of service characteristic for each of the data types. Finally, the system selects at least one of the available communication paths for transmitting each of the data types by matching the desired quality of service characteristics to the available communication paths.