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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:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2001
Applicants:
Thomas S. Young, San Carlos, CA (US);
William P. Buckley, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas S. Young, San Carlos, CA (US);
William P. Buckley, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for a graceful reroute of connections on a link are described. According to one embodiment, in a digital communications network, a method comprises blocking new connections from being established over a link. Old connections are rerouted around the link; and the link is taken out of service.