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Intelligent peripheral concentrator

US7548550B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Wesley A. Brush · Brick, US
Jiayu Chen · Palo Alto, US
Edite M. Hanlon · Freehold, US
Christopher Hefele · Hoboken, US
Steven M. Michelson · Freehold, US
Azeem A. Timmapuri · Hamilton Square, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 26, 2005
Grant date	Jun 16, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 20, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W72/00
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a method for the use of an Intelligent Peripheral Concentrator (IPC) in a network that enables more efficient use of intelligent peripheral (IPe) resources. In particular the present invention discloses a method of managing intelligent peripherals, where the IPC receives at least one request for an IPe service from at least one network element, determines necessary IPe resources to satisfy the request(s) and establishes at least-one connection between at least one intelligent peripheral and at least one network element based on the necessary resources.

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