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Virtual internet protocol (IP) addressing

US5923854A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 22, 1996
Grant dateJul 13, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/40
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a telecommunications system containing a host computer and multiple real connections to the telecommunications network, an apparatus, method and system for allowing transmission to the host computer to reroute dynamically through the multiple available real connections to the host without requiring changes to the devices connecting to the host.

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