Method and apparatus for providing intelligent network services

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6397255
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09219397

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Proposed is a system and method for providing Intelligent Network services. In one embodiment, the system of the present invention includes a database interacting with a socket redirector installed on a client computer. In one method implemented using the system of the present invention, a socket redirector intercepts a standard Internet Protocol (IP) socket call from a client software application and identifies parameters within the socket call. If the redirector is able to determine that the identified parameters are addressed to the most appropriate socket for accommodating the software application's request, the IP socket call is sent to network software where the socket call is used to form packets which are sent over the network to the requested socket. If the redirector is unable to determine that the identified parameters are addressed to the most appropriate socket for accommodating the request, the redirector requests instructions from a database. The socket redirector then modifies the IP socket call parameters using the instructions received from the database and sends the modified IP socket calls to network software for processing as described above.

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AT&T CORP32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK NY 10013-2412

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nurenberg, Steven Howard Manalapan, NJ 6 2096
Shur, David Hilton Aberdeen, NJ 43 3627
Zelezniak, Aleksandr Matawan, NJ 50 1462

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