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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. 03, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Michael Joseph Gardner, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Inventor:
Michael Joseph Gardner, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G08C 15/00 (2006.01); H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for connecting a call in a tandem architecture comprises a signaling processor for processing call signaling to determine connections for the user communications. A controllable asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) matrix accepts control messages form the signaling processor and accepts user communications from switching systems. In response to the control message, the ATM matrix connects the user communications to the designated connection.