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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:
Jan. 31, 2012

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2008
Applicants:

Anthony J. Zerillo, Kansas City, MO (US);

Jeffrey S. Stafford, Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Anthony J. Zerillo, Kansas City, MO (US);

Jeffrey S. Stafford, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:

Embarq Holdings Company LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/10 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A bandwidth negotiation system including a first network, a plurality of end user devices in communication with the network, a multiplexing unit communicatively coupled to the network, a second network, and an analyzing unit in communication with a second network. In addition, one of the plurality of end user devices is configured to send a data message to the multiplexing unit via the first network, and the analyzing unit is configured to receive the data message from the multiplexing unit via the second network and to extract a first identifier and a second identifier from the data message.


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