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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:
Dec. 26, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel E Geyer, Cary, NC (US);
Joseph K Lee, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520011 ; 39520021 ; 370 851 ; 370 8515 ; 36424294 ; 3642646 ; 364D / ;
Abstract
An adapter which attaches Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) to a LAN includes a latch whose state is changed by conditions, such as a free token or a frame, on the LAN. The output of the latch is used to calculate the bandwidth utilization of the LAN.