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Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2008
Applicants:

Stevan H Leiden, Norwood, MA (US);

Brian Somes, Garland, TX (US);

Timothy W Bischoff, Highland Village, TX (US);

Arthur Doskow, New York, NY (US);

Kevin V Bohn, Rockville Centre, NY (US);

Gary L Lockhart, Allen, TX (US);

Inventors:

Stevan H Leiden, Norwood, MA (US);

Brian Somes, Garland, TX (US);

Timothy W Bischoff, Highland Village, TX (US);

Arthur Doskow, New York, NY (US);

Kevin V Bohn, Rockville Centre, NY (US);

Gary L Lockhart, Allen, TX (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A device receives a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) response that includes a load header associated with a downstream Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) device. The device also determines an amount of traffic to send to the downstream Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) device based on the load header. The device further sends the determined amount of traffic to the downstream Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) device.


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