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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:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2000
Applicants:
Hisham Abdelhamid, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Madhav Marathe, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark M. Perkins, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hisham Abdelhamid, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Madhav Marathe, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark M. Perkins, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cicso Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for improving reliability of a packet network are described. Data is transmitted on a first virtual circuit in the network. A message signaling a failure in receipt of the data is received on a second virtual circuit in the network. Finally, transmission of data is switched to the second virtual circuit within a predetermined period of time.