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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:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gene H Olson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Dennis A Quy, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Rosemount Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 85 ; 3408255 ;
Abstract
A data communication system allocates use of a common data communication medium shared by a plurality of stations. During each transmission cycle, the communication medium carries data packets of varying priority which each station receives. The stations are allocated use of the communication medium during one or more priority intervals as a function of the priority of the packet which the station is ready to transmit. Each station is synchronized to a transmission cycle period which is divided into subperiods. Certain types of packets are relegated to transmission and reception within predetermined subperiods.