| US 7,457,287 B1 | ||
| System and method for assigning call priority | ||
| Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); Arijit Mukherji, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); Labhesh Patel, Mountain View, Calif. (US); and John F. Wakerly, Mountain View, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 31, 2001, as Appl. No. 10/39,157. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 12/56 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—389 | 48 Claims |
| 1. A method for assigning call priority in a packet switched environment, comprising:
receiving a request from an internet protocol phone within the packet switched environment to establish a connection to a
dialed number, the internet protocol phone having a wired connection to the packet switched environment;
determining a priority for the connection based on the dialed number;
generating a priority certificate based on the priority;
attaching the priority certificate to the communication packets of the connection;
establishing the connection based on the priority;
monitoring use by an end-point of connections having an augmented priority; and
modifying the priority of the connection based on the monitored end-point use of connections having an augmented priority.
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