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US 2004/0064586 A1Published application
Translating switch and method
AssigneeAmerica Online, Inc.
InventorGilbert G. Weigand
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Abstract
Payload information in a data unit may be translated into the attribute portion of a data unit by receiving a first data unit from a terminal with payload information, identifying attribute information from within the the payload information, and translating the first data unit into a translated data unit having an attribute portion corresponding to the attribute information from within the payload information of the first data unit.
Claims57
A translating switch comprising:
- a first communications interface structured and arranged to receive from a terminal a first data unit with payload information;
- a first translating table structured and arranged to identify attribute information from within the payload information;
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- a first translating processor structured and arranged to translate the first data unit into a translated data unit that includes an attribute portion corresponding to the attribute information identified from within the payload information.
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A method of translating information in a data unit, the method comprising:
- receiving from a terminal a first data unit with payload information;
- identifying attribute information from within the payload information of the first data unit;
- and
- translating the first data unit into a translated data unit that includes an attribute portion corresponding to the attribute information identified from within the payload information of the first data unit.
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A translating switch comprising:
- means for receiving from a terminal a first data unit with payload information;
- means for identifying attribute information from within the payload information of the first data unit;
- and
- means for translating the first data unit into a translated data unit that includes an attribute portion corresponding to the attribute information identified from within the payload information of the first data unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.