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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2005
Applicants:

Attaullah Zabihi, Kanata, CA;

Joel Reginald Calippe, Gatineau, CA;

Stephen Richard Morse, Nepean, CA;

Chi Zhang, Nepean, CA;

Inventors:

Attaullah Zabihi, Kanata, CA;

Joel Reginald Calippe, Gatineau, CA;

Stephen Richard Morse, Nepean, CA;

Chi Zhang, Nepean, CA;

Assignee:

Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Techniques for managing tiered communication services in a composite communication service are disclosed. Component communication services for providing a composite communication service are arranged into tiers in a structure of the composite communication service. The tiers and order facilitate visualization of composite communication services and assessment of the effects of events which impact a portion of a composite communication service on other portions of the composite communication service, for example. Related data structures and user interfaces are also disclosed.


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