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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:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ; G06F 1/5173 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ; G06F 1/5173 ;
Abstract
A telecommunications network includes a service control processor and a plurality of network nodes, in which the network is arranged to operate under a programmable intelligent network protocol. The protocol incorporates a hierarchical control relationship in which the nodes incorporate a degree of intelligence.