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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2003
Applicant:
Sunil Menon, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Inventor:
Sunil Menon, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method includes receiving an event, for example, from a frame relay network or from a system log. Whether the event designates a virtual circuit fault in at least one of the local network, the service provider network, or the communications link is determined. When the event designates a virtual circuit fault it is distinguished which of the local network, the service provider network, or the communications link is the source of the fault.