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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
May. 24, 2002
Bonnie P. Hitzeman, Winfield, IL (US);
Bonnie P. Hitzeman, Winfield, IL (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods are disclosed for mitigating the impact of resource limitations caused by privileged use schemes, such as WPS and/or GETS, on non-privileged users of a communication system. In one embodiment, a resource controller or switch (#), responsive to receiving () an information request from a non-privileged user, retrieves () information regarding the percentage or quantity of resources that are being used by privileged users. In one embodiment, upon determining () that resources are unavailable for a non-privileged user, a bid option () and/or queuing option () is offered so as to reduce occurrences of calls (or re-attempted calls) being terminated due to lack of resources.