METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A NETWORK TOPOLOGY - Patent 0876649

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EP 0 876 649 A2

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(43)	Date of publication:
	11.11.1998 Bulletin 1998/46

(21)	Application number: 97946331.0

(22)	Date of filing: 27.10.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 13/ 00^{( . )}

H04L 12/ 24^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/019485

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/018306 (07.05.1998 Gazette 1998/18)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB IT LI NL SE

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Priority:

28.10.1996 US 19960742566

(71)	Applicant: Switchsoft Systems, Inc.
	Orem, UT 84057 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	EKSTROM, Joseph, A. Lindon, UT 84042 (US) GILLE, J., Bernard Lindon, UT 94042 (US) MC NEILL, Thomas, G. Orem, UT 94097 (US) YANG, Hui Salt Lake City, UT 94103 (US)

(74)	Representative: Kahler, Kurt, Dipl.-Ing.
	Patentanwälte Kahler, Käck, Fiener et col., Vorderer Anger 268 86899 Landsberg/Lech 86899 Landsberg/Lech (DE)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A NETWORK TOPOLOGY