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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:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2005
Applicant:
Thomas T. Towle, Naperville, IL (US);
Inventor:
Thomas T. Towle, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus in one example may have: at least two endpoints operatively coupled to one another via an application function (AF) in a home network; a combined policy decision function (AAA-PDF) operatively coupled to the AF; a combined policy decision enforcement (PDE) operatively coupled to the one of the endpoints; the AAA-PDF operatively coupled to the PDE; and a QoS managed bearer that is operatively connected to the endpoints.