Contact identifier for message types
US7460651B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 16, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/56
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for routing a plurality of different types of Internet messages within a host to a plurality of agents. The method includes the steps of determining the message type of each of the plurality of different types of Internet messages and inserting a message type identifier into a packet of each message type of the plurality of different message types. The method further includes the steps of routing the packets to an Internet message distributor and distributing the messages within the Internet message distributor to the plurality of agents based upon the inserted message type identifier.
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