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Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2003
Applicants:

Leland Otis Thompson, Carpentersville, IL (US);

Michael G. Nicholas, Wheeling, IL (US);

Tejal S. Patel, Schaumburg, IL (US);

Inventors:

Leland Otis Thompson, Carpentersville, IL (US);

Michael G. Nicholas, Wheeling, IL (US);

Tejal S. Patel, Schaumburg, IL (US);

Assignee:

3Com Corporation, Marlborough, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and system for dynamic call type detection for circuit and packet-switched networks. A network endpoint, such as a gateway, will receive an incoming signal and make an examination of the signal to detect characteristics of the signal. Upon detection of a characteristic of the signal, the gateway will generate a data packet, identifying the characteristic, and send the packet to a receiving network endpoint. The initial gateway will continue to examine the incoming signal and continue to send packets identifying characteristics of the signal as more characteristics are detected. The receiving gateway may then begin reproducing the signal in part by generating a signal that has the characteristics as indicated by the data packets. Once the initial gateway no longer receives the incoming signal, and determines that an event has occurred, the gateway will send a packet to the receiving gateway to inform it of the event.


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