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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:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2007
Frederick C. Rogers, Olathe, KS (US);
Lyle T. Bertz, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Salvador Cerda, Jr., Peculiar, MO (US);
Jeremy R. Breau, Kansas City, MO (US);
Frederick C. Rogers, Olathe, KS (US);
Lyle T. Bertz, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Salvador Cerda, Jr., Peculiar, MO (US);
Jeremy R. Breau, Kansas City, MO (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A communication network element comprises an I/O interface, memory, processing circuitry, and bus structure. The I/O interface receives and transfers a user packet. The memory stores the user packet, management software, and communication applications. The processing circuitry executes the management software to provide a manager and executes the communication applications to provide service functions. The service functions retrieve the user packet from the memory based on memory pointers, process the user packet, and store the processed user packet in the memory. The manager transfers the memory pointers between the service functions. The bus structure couples the I/O interface, the memory, and the processing circuitry.