Method of using routing protocols to reroute packets during a link failure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6519224
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09903281

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The preferred embodiment of the present invention is a cable modem apparatus for reliably providing a personal computer access to the Internet through a cable television link and a public switched telephone network link. The invention includes: a cable television link failure detector connected to the cable television link; a message generator connected to the cable television link failure detector, where the message generator is configured to generate at least one message responsive to the cable television link failure detector; and a message transmitter connected to the message generator, where the message transmitter is configured to transmit the at least one message through the public switched telephone network link to cause Internet communications to be communicated to the personal computer through the public switch telephone network link.

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  • CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bowcutt, Roy A Alpharetta, GA 11 710
Hrastar, Scott E Duluth, GA 30 2956
Merrill, Todd A Alpharetta, GA 7 472

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