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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:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Weijing Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Keith Joseph Allen, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Weijing Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Keith Joseph Allen, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for communicating between a source and a destination includes encapsulating data received from the source in accordance with a service provider format into an upper layer packet. The method includes forwarding the upper layer packet across a service provider network. The upper layer packet is decapsulated into a lower level packet for the destination, based on at least one condition.