US Patent 7453885 Network connection device

Patent 7453885 was granted and assigned to Rivulet Communications on November, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Rivulet Communications

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7453885

Date of Patent

November 18, 2008

Patent Application Number

10962521

Date Filed

October 13, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Aung S. Moe

Patent abstract

A network connection device bridges a first network that uses a negotiated packet delivery scheduling scheme and a second network that uses an empirically determined packet delivery scheduling scheme. The network connection device translates a request to communicate over the first network into a request to communicate over the second network, thus bridging the two networks. The negotiated packet delivery scheduling scheme permits endpoints to negotiate scheduled delivery times for packets, while the empirically determined packet delivery scheme tests various time interval locations in a network to determine favorable time locations for transmission. The two protocols are bridged by finding compatible overlaps between time interval locations in the two networks. This can provide error-free delivery with low jitter among packets.