Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Combined circuit switching and packet switching
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-18
2006-04-18
Pham, Chi (Department: 2667)
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Combined circuit switching and packet switching
C370S389000, C370S535000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07031301
ABSTRACT:
Broadband multimedia system including a communication bus, a router, connected to the communication bus and further between a plurality of media sources and a plurality of network transmitters, a session manager, connected to communication bus, where the session manager provides routing instructions to the router, for directing data received from the media sources to the network transmitters for transmitting over a broadband network.
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Basan-eskenazi Amir
Golan Oded
Oz Ran M.
Strassman Nery
Yruski Andrey
BigBand Networks Inc.
Boakye Alexander O.
Pham Chi
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
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