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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Maclen Marvit, Pasadena, CA (US);
Harold Kirkham, Sunland, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 858 ; 370 16 ; 370 92 ; 370 943 ; 361601 ; 34082552 ; 34082554 ; 34082508 ;
Abstract
The invention is a multiple interconnected network of intelligent message-repeating remote nodes which employs a remote node polling process performed by a master node by transmitting a polling message generically addressed to all remote nodes associated with the master node. Each remote node responds upon receipt of the generically addressed polling message by sequentially flooding the network with a poll-answering informational message and with the polling message.