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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:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Howard T Olnowich, Endwell, NY (US);
Jehoshua Bruck, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James W Feeney, Endicott, NY (US);
Eli Upfal, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520015 ; 3408258 ; 3642381 ; 36424294 ; 364D / ; 370 54 ;
Abstract
A multi-stage circuit switched network for improving connection establishment using intelligent switching devices. As a transmission makes its way through the network stages, the probability of connecting to a destination increases, i.e., the chance of encountering a blocked device output is decreased. This is opposite of most traditional networks, whose probability for success diminishes with every stage in the connection sequence.