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Combined circuit switch and packet switching system

CA 1266906 C · Owner: Ferenc, James Joseph · Inventors: Grimes, Gary Joe; Ferenc, James Joseph; Gebhardt, Robert William

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Abstract, Apparatus for and a method of inserting circuit switch information and packetized data into different time slots of a time division multiplexed bus. A memory having a location individual to each time slot is written with information specifying whether the time slot individual to each location is to serve circuit switch information or packet data. The readout of each memory location during the occurrence of it's associated time slot controllably effects the application of either the circuit switch information or the packet data to the bus. Packet data can be inserted into each time slot not currently being used by the circuit switch. A special information bit is inserted into each …

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  • Granted March 20, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 20, 2007.
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FiledApril 30, 1987
GrantedMarch 20, 1990
Term endedMarch 20, 2007
Patent numberCA 1266906 C
Classification (IPC)H04J3/16

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 30, 1987Patent grantedMarch 20, 1990Term endedMarch 20, 2007

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