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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. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wesley Stuart Jones, Palatine, IL (US);
Philip R. Roberts, Palatine, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/26 ;
Abstract
A first data stream ( ) requested by a first client ( ) is received at a router ( ). A second data stream ( ) requested by a second client ( ) is also received at the router ( ). The router ( ) determines that the first data stream ( ) and the second data stream ( ) are identical. The router ( ) multicasts the first data stream ( ) and the second data stream ( ) into a single multicast data stream ( ). The single multicast data stream ( ) is transmitted to the first client ( ) and to the second client ( ).