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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:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward Stanley Szurkowski, Maplewood, NJ (US);
William Philip Weber, Jr., Flemington, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 ; H04J 3/14 ; H04L 1/00 ; H04L 1/226 ; H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 ; H04J 3/14 ; H04L 1/00 ; H04L 1/226 ; H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a network terminating unit configured to receive communication signals associated with a packet telephony system and modify said signals to maintain the quality of service of a data network associated with the packet telephony system at or below a certain level of quality of service independent of the traffic load of the data network.