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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Alan R. Ford, Hornsby, AU;
John T. Chapman, Saratoga, CA (US);
Alon S. Bernstein, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alan R. Ford, Hornsby, AU;
John T. Chapman, Saratoga, CA (US);
Alon S. Bernstein, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco, Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A network device has a port to allow the device to communicate with user devices. The network device also has a processor to assign any user devices in communication with the device to a group. The processor also monitors traffic of the user devices so as to control a traffic rate of the group.