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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:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Harry Tang, Atlanta, GA (US);
Harry Tang, Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A connection management system (CMS) serializes bulk virtual circuit connection requests made to a connection creation system (CCS) that is responsible for establishing virtual connections between one or more end users and an ISP. The CMS uses a set of serialization parameters to evaluate a set of conditions. The results of the evaluations are used to serialize sending bulk virtual circuit connection requests to the CCS for provisioning. In effect, the sending of a bulk virtual circuit connection request is delayed until a prior bulk virtual circuit connection request completes, whether successfully or unsuccessfully. In addition, a bulk virtual circuit connection request can be re-submitted in the event of a failed prior request or a prior request that remains pending for an unexpectedly long duration.