The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 05, 1988
Filed:
May. 03, 1984
Barry A Feigenbaum, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Dennis D Gibbs, Lighthouse Point, FL (US);
Robert Sachsenmaier, Boca Raton, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Computer systems linked to nodes in a communication network communicate directly with each other to establish name associations for entities (e.g. programs, storage files, etc.) susceptible of being shared across the network, and thereafter communicate further by names (rather than addresses) to establish sessions (i.e. logical connections over the network) between entities. Each system maintains a table of names assigned to locally accessible entities. The name and session establishment processes are architected to avoid dependence on any 'central' or 'master' system, and to allow for extension of communications relating to these processes across devices linking portions of the network associated with different communication media or channels.