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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2003
Applicants:
Fred S. Cook, Olathe, KS (US);
Durga P. Satapathy, Olathe, KS (US);
Inventors:
Fred S. Cook, Olathe, KS (US);
Durga P. Satapathy, Olathe, KS (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for forwarding message packets over a network having at least one dedicated priority route. The priority messages are identified and only those priority messages having a length less than or equal to a threshold message length are transmitted over the priority route.