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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. 24, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2002
Applicants:
Randy M. Mcdonald, Roswell, GA (US);
Terry R. Droke, Woodstock, GA (US);
Mortimer P. Burnett, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Inventors:
Randy M. McDonald, Roswell, GA (US);
Terry R. Droke, Woodstock, GA (US);
Mortimer P. Burnett, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Assignee:
BellSouth Intellectual Property Corp., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention uses a software program to analyze all of the SS7 message traffic in a telephone network. By comparing point codes in the message data, the present invention can detect invalid and undesirable network inefficiencies in different types of telephone networks, including for example, wireline, wireless, or hybrid networks.