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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Colin Murdo Mackinnon, Carp, CA;
Nigel Montgomery, Kanata, CA;
Randy Law, Surrey, CA;
Patrick Boily, Port Coquitlam, CA;
Colin Murdo MacKinnon, Carp, CA;
Nigel Montgomery, Kanata, CA;
Randy Law, Surrey, CA;
Patrick Boily, Port Coquitlam, CA;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Protection systems and methods for electronic devices including at least one communication line interface are disclosed. A switch connected to each interface and a working communication path in an electronic device is adapted for connection to a protection communication path and controllable to connect each interface to either the working communication path or the protection communication path. Inter-device messaging provides for switch control by a protection device connected to the protection communication path, monitoring of devices in a protection group, protection communication path monitoring, and automatic configuration of a protection group.