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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:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth J Christensen, Apex, NC (US);
Steven E Polge, Cary, NC (US);
Anthony D Walker, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520011 ; 370 8513 ; 3642222 ; 3642844 ; 3642854 ; 364D / ;
Abstract
A data communications system including a network and a number of data communication stations attached to the network wherein each of the stations includes a processor, a memory, a bus, and a communications adaptor for operatively connecting the processor and memory to the network, the communications adaptor including a means for monitoring network activity on a real time basis and enabling or disabling data compression when network activity exceeds a predetermined threshold.