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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. 30, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2002
Applicants:
Scott K. Brown, Sterling, VA (US);
Thomas Pepper, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
David Biderman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Scott K. Brown, Sterling, VA (US);
Thomas Pepper, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
David Biderman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
AOL LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Dulles, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A source accessed by a terminal may be changed by enabling a terminal to access a stream of data units on a first duplicating switch, determining that the terminal should access the stream from a second duplicating switch, and transitioning the terminal to the second duplicating switch to access the stream.