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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2005
Rongxuan V. Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Subhasri Dhesikan, San Jose, CA (US);
John K. Restrick, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott A. Henning, Plano, TX (US);
Christopher E. Pearce, Dallas, TX (US);
Martin W. Wu, Plano, TX (US);
Rongxuan V. Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Subhasri Dhesikan, San Jose, CA (US);
John K. Restrick, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott A. Henning, Plano, TX (US);
Christopher E. Pearce, Dallas, TX (US);
Martin W. Wu, Plano, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for communicating data in a shared line environment is provided that includes a first reservation element operable to communicate with a second reservation element. The first reservation element is associated with a first location and the second reservation element is associated with a second location. A call may be initiated between the first location and the second location, the second location having one or more end-user devices that share a common line. The first reservation element is operable to reserve bandwidth associated with a connection that involves the first location and the second location before the call occurs.