US 7,068,684 C1 (13,165th)
Quality of service in a voice over IP telephone system
Eric G. Suder, Plano, TX (US); and Harold E. A. Hansen, II, Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Eric G. Suder, Plano, TX (US); and Harold E. A. Hansen, II, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to ESTECH SYSTEMS IP, LLC, Plano, TX (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,227, May 2, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,068,684, issued Jun. 27, 2006, Appl. No. 09/775,018, Feb. 1, 2001.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Jan. 30, 2026.
Int. Cl. H04M 3/20 (2006.01); H04M 1/253 (2006.01); H04M 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 3/20 (2013.01) [H04M 1/2535 (2013.01); H04M 11/066 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-3 and 47 is confirmed.
Claims 4-46 and 48-61 were not reexamined.
At the time of issuance and publication of this certificate, the patent remains subject to pending reexamination control number 90/014,804 filed Jul. 16, 2021. The claim content of the patent may be subsequently revised if a reexamination certificate issues from the reexamination proceeding.
1. An information handling system comprising:
a hub;
a multimedia server coupled to the hub;
a telephony device coupled to the hub; and
a first network device coupled to the hub through the telephony device, wherein the telephony device includes circuitry for throttling data sent from the first network device, wherein the telephony device includes circuitry for monitoring an amount of data addressed to and received by the telephony device, wherein the throttling circuitry reduces a future amount of data from being transferred from the first network device if the amount of data addressed to and received by the telephony device falls below a predetermined threshold.