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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:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Mike Vihtari, Kanata, CA;
Inventor:
Mike Vihtari, Kanata, CA;
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04J 3/22 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for managing feature support requirements for a communication protocol with major-minor version spans having temporal constraints on feature definitions using a flexible Diameter command dictionary wherein context-specific definitions are defined to apply to different versions and releases.