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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:
Feb. 06, 1990
Filed:
May. 02, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Barry W Hansen, Rochester, MN (US);
Raymond F Romon, Oronoco, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364200 ; 364229 ; 3642292 ;
Abstract
A system has a central processor and multiple addressable terminals connected by a communication cable. The terminal itself contains a list of candidate addresses it can use. The terminal determines which of the candidate addresses are already in use by other terminals, and selects one (or more) for itself that is not in use.