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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. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl R. Posthuma, Weaton, IL (US);
Albert J. Sawyer, Weaton, IL (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/24 ;
Abstract
A method that uses a test system at one end of a communication link to test the communication link for high speed service by coupling the test system to the communication link, placing a telephonic call to telephonic equipment located at an other end of the communication link and testing the communication link with the test system after the call has been terminated at the telephonic equipment.