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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1999
Timothy J. Dixon, Wylie, TX (US);
Michael Zimmerman, Dallas, TX (US);
Teledata Networks, Ltd., Herzliya, IL;
Abstract
A telecommunications network is provided. The network includes a packet network. The network also includes a plurality of multimedia channel banks. The multimedia channel banks are coupled to the packet network over a communication link, and are configurable to have a plurality of ports that are each capable to receive signals from user equipment in one of a variety of formats. The network also includes a multimedia resource manager communicatively coupled to the packet network. The plurality of multimedia channel banks and the multimedia resource manager are associated in a client/server relationship to control attributes of the multimedia channel banks and to control allocation of bandwidth in the communication link between the multimedia channel bank and the packet network.