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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, North Canton, OH (US);
Inventors:
Gregory S. Ray, North Canton, OH (US);
David R. McCortney, North Canton, OH (US);
Kenneth Varn, North Canton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, North Canton, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01); G09C 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/0012 (2013.01); G09C 1/00 (2013.01); H04J 3/0635 (2013.01); H04J 3/0685 (2013.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); H04L 9/3234 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an example embodiment disclosed herein, a first clock is allowed to synchronize with a second clock as long as the time difference between the first and second clocks is less than a predefined limit. If the time difference between the clocks is not less than the predefined limit, the first clock does not synchronize with the second clock until a predefined activity has occurred.