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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:
Jul. 07, 2009

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2005
Applicants:

Matthew Murray Williamson, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Andrew Patrick Norman, Bristol, GB;

Inventors:

Matthew Murray Williamson, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Andrew Patrick Norman, Bristol, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling communications in a data network comprises detecting a request to initiate communication between a data processor and the network and determining if the communication request is abnormal and if so, controlling the data processor to degrade the resulting communication.


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