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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:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Mark Sundt, Red Bank, NJ (US);
James Uttaro, Staten Island, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mark Sundt, Red Bank, NJ (US);
James Uttaro, Staten Island, NY (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property l, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method, which can comprise, from a central routing device of a plurality of central routing devices, automatically polling each of a plurality of Provider Edge routers with Bidirectional Forwarding Detection protocol messages. The method can comprise automatically determining a suspected failure of a Provider Edge router of the plurality of Provider Edge routers.