The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Monty Sharma, Westborough, MA (US);
Alan S. Murray, Boston, MA (US);
Stephen A. Bromwich, Halifax, CA;
Monty Sharma, Westborough, MA (US);
Alan S. Murray, Boston, MA (US);
Stephen A. Bromwich, Halifax, CA;
Novell, Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for using unused address bits of an IPv6 address to carry quality of service (QoS) request information over a computer network, such as the Internet, so that at intermediate nodes along the network the routers and switches thereat may easily determine the QoS being requested for packets and forward the packets with the requested QoS.
Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile