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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:
Jun. 01, 2010

Filed:

May. 15, 2001
Applicant:

Sam B. Sandbote, Reston, VA (US);

Inventor:

Sam B. Sandbote, Reston, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/204 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention is a technique to select an input port. A database stores records of input ports for a plurality of communication channels. Each of the records includes a timestamp and a ready status. The timestamp indicates a most recent service time. A selector selects one of the input ports based on the timestamp and the ready status. A listener updates the records.


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