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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. 30, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Barry A. Spinney, Wayland, MA (US);
Krishna Narayanaswamy, Acton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Top Layer Networks, Inc., Westboro, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/108 ; G06F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/108 ; G06F 1/100 ;
Abstract
In a data communication switch, process and apparatus for tracking the number of data bytes associated with data flow that is part of a session and automatically lowering the priority given to the transmission of the remainder of a flow once a certain threshold has been reached that indicates that the flow is part of a bulk e-mail or other bulk file transfer.