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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1990
Robert M Friedman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Grayson W Randall, Vestal, NY (US);
Richard J Sheftic, Endwell, NY (US);
David P Spencer, Endwell, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The disclosure describes a system to permit communication between two dissimilar networks that involves an interface system. More particularly, it is an interface system to permit communication between a MAP network that is utilizing common application service elements (CASE) and a network of non-MAP computer equipment. The interface system that is described establishes a connection between the two networks which involves a process of decoding data from one network into predetermined component parts, and then encoding the component parts into data for transfer to computer equipment in the other network, and then, releasing the connection when the data transfer is completed, in accordance with the State Table of FIG. 3 of the drawings.