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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:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/00 ; H04M 5/00 ; H04L 1/266 ; G06F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/00 ; H04M 5/00 ; H04L 1/266 ; G06F 7/00 ;
Abstract
A system and method for adding non-embedded network interface drivers to a communication switch with minimum impact on the switch. A proxy driver which presents the appearance of a network interface driver is embedded in the switch. An external hardware platform containing the non-embedded driver is connected to the proxy driver. The external hardware platform includes a proxy interface connected to the proxy driver. The proxy driver sends signals derived from the switch's internal interface to the proxy interface, which in turn replicates the switch's internal interface in the external hardware platform for controlling the non-embedded driver.