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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:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2004
Applicants:
Robert G. Cole, Churchville, MD (US);
Howard L. Lang, Wayside, NJ (US);
Eric Woerner, Burlington Township, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Robert G. Cole, Churchville, MD (US);
Howard L. Lang, Wayside, NJ (US);
Eric Woerner, Burlington Township, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method make quality measurements in a network to determine if a Service Level Agreement is breached. The system includes a plurality of routers for routing traffic through the network, means for taking measurements on a path between a first router and a second router, and means for charging at least one of the plurality of routers when data related to the measurements falls below a target value.