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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:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2004
Applicants:
Erez Waisbard, Or-Yehuda, IL;
Yaron Sella, Yehud, IL;
Inventors:
Erez Waisbard, Or-Yehuda, IL;
Yaron Sella, Yehud, IL;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for granting a grace period entitlement, the method comprising receiving a grace period entitlement message, establishing whether a grace period flag indicates that a grace period may be granted, granting a grace period to an expired entitlement based, at least in part, on the grace period entitlement message, only if the grace period flag is 'off', and setting the grace period flag to indicate that the grace period has been granted. Related methods and apparatus are also described.