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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:
Jan. 12, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles H Whiteside, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324523 ; 324522 ; 324527 ; 324534 ; 324543 ; 370 13 ; 34082516 ;
Abstract
A system and method for detecting an improperly terminated network for networks using a collision detection access scheme. Embodiments of the present invention also contemplate a system and method for detecting a short circuit in a network. For detecting both an improperly terminated network and a short circuit in a network, the present invention relies on the detection of certain changes in the voltage of the network.