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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:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1998
Applicants:
Steven E. Gardell, North Andover, MA (US);
Israel B. Zibman, Newton, MA (US);
Gregory C. Depp, Needham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Steven E. Gardell, North Andover, MA (US);
Israel B. Zibman, Newton, MA (US);
Gregory C. Depp, Needham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for creating traditional multi-line appearance telecommunications capabilities in a computer network for communications received from a switched circuit network. The system and method create key system and attendant/attendee relationships between the respective terminal end-points of the computer network. In addition, multiple line appearances may be supported simultaneously at a single terminal end-point.