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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
May. 26, 2005
Wesley A. Brush, Brick, NJ (US);
Jiayu Chen, Morganville, NJ (US);
Edite M. Hanlon, Freehold, NJ (US);
Christopher J. Hefele, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Steven M. Michelson, Freehold, NJ (US);
Azeem A. Timmapuri, Hamilton Square, NJ (US);
Wesley A. Brush, Brick, NJ (US);
Jiayu Chen, Morganville, NJ (US);
Edite M. Hanlon, Freehold, NJ (US);
Christopher J. Hefele, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Steven M. Michelson, Freehold, NJ (US);
Azeem A. Timmapuri, Hamilton Square, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method for the use of an Intelligent Peripheral Concentrator (IPC) in a network that enables more efficient use of intelligent peripheral (IPe) resources. In particular the present invention discloses a method of managing intelligent peripherals, where the IPC receives at least one request for an IPe service from at least one network element, determines necessary IPe resources to satisfy the request(s) and establishes at least-one connection between at least one intelligent peripheral and at least one network element based on the necessary resources.