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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:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Trenton Corey Minyard, Garland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5173 ; G06F 1/516 ; H04B 7/204 ; H04L 1/228 ; H04J 3/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5173 ; G06F 1/516 ; H04B 7/204 ; H04L 1/228 ; H04J 3/26 ;
Abstract
A virtual synchrony wide area network ( ) which has at least a first local area network (LAN) ( ) and a second LAN ( ). A first router ( ) and a second router ( ) are connected to the first LAN ( ), and a third router ( ) and a fourth router ( ) are connected to the second LAN ( ). A point-to-point link ( ) is connected between the first and third routers, ( ) between the first and fourth routers, ( ) between the second and third routers, and ( ) between the second and fourth routers. Each router is provided with computer program code ( ) for controlling the flow of messages through the routers and to maintain local total order with minimal latency.