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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2008
Applicants:

Brian William Orr, San Diego, CA (US);

Sapna Mehta, San Diego, CA (US);

Mark Maggenti, Del Mar, CA (US);

Douglas Marion Crockett, San Diego, CA (US);

Amnon Silberger, La Jolla, CA (US);

Robert Stacey, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brian William Orr, San Diego, CA (US);

Sapna Mehta, San Diego, CA (US);

Mark Maggenti, Del Mar, CA (US);

Douglas Marion Crockett, San Diego, CA (US);

Amnon Silberger, La Jolla, CA (US);

Robert Stacey, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to provide a virtual network interface. In an aspect, a method includes receiving a request to access content on a Non-IP network, wherein the request comprises an IP address and a quality of service (QoS) profile associated with the content, mapping the IP address and the QoS profile into a Non-IP network content identifier, and obtaining the content from the Non-IP network based on the Non-IP network content identifier. In an aspect, an apparatus includes an application interface configured to receive a request to access content on a Non-IP network, wherein the request comprises an IP address and a QoS profile associated with the content, mapping logic configured to map the IP address and the QoS profile into a Non-IP network content identifier, and processing logic configured to obtain the content from the Non-IP network based on the Non-IP network content identifier.


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