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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. 21, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1998
Ian MacMillan, Plano, TX (US);
Frederick A. Sherman, Mesquite, TX (US);
Ranga Dendi, Plano, TX (US);
Dale Gil Read, Carrollton, TX (US);
MCI communications Corporation, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A communication system includes an interface between two networks, for example the public telephone system and an IP-based network. The system includes a modem bank which receives bearer channel inputs and provides outputs to the second network. A protocol converter interfaces with a signaling network such as a common channel signaling (CCS) network (e.g., an Signaling System,network). The protocol converter communicates signaling information to the modem bank. A resource manager is coupled to the protocol converter and includes a memory which stores status information relating to the system.