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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:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1999
Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., St. Charles, IL (US);
Dale Brian Halling, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Scott Christopher Goering, Naperville, IL (US);
Michael George Gorman, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Denise Violetta Kagan, Riverwoods, IL (US);
Jeffrey Neumann, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Michael Steven Pickard, Highland Park, IL (US);
Michael Tisiker, Westland, MI (US);
Bruce Edward Stuckman, Algonquin, IL (US);
Ameritech Corporation, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Abstract
A wide area communications network ( ) includes a first digital subscriber line ( ). A first network interface device ( ) connects to the digital subscriber line ( ). The first network interface device ( ) separates an ISDN channel ( ) from a digital subscriber channel ( ). An ISDN telephone ( ) is connected to the network interface device ( ). A protocol translator ( ) is connected to the network interface device ( ) by the digital subscriber channel ( ). A hub ( ) is connected to the protocol translator ( ). A plurality of devices ( ) is connected to the hub ( ). A digital subscriber line access multiplexer ( ) is connected to the first digital subscriber line ( ). The digital subscriber line access multiplexer ( ) separates the digital subscriber channel from the ISDN channel ( ). A public switched telephone network ( ) is connected to the ISDN channel ( ). An asynchronous transfer mode network ( ) is connected to the DSLAM ( ) by a first virtual circuit ( ) of the digital subscriber channel. An ISP ( ) is connected to the DSLAM ( ) by a second virtual circuit ( ) of the digital subscriber channel. A LAN is connected to the ATM network ( ) by the first virtual circuit ( ).