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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard G Minor, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alexander Polischuk-Sawtschenko, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34082559 ; 34082522 ; 34082552 ;
Abstract
In a data transmission system comprising of a transmitting unit, a plurality of remote devices, and one or more serial communication links interconnecting the devices to the transmitting unit the polarities of a serially transmitted test signal and a locally generated control signal are used to provide unique addresses for identical devices connected to the transmitting unit. The technique provides a dynamic scheme for assigning addresses to identical devices.