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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:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard C Allen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Gary M Cisneros, San Jose, CA (US);
Stanley L Fickes, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary N Hughes, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Walter S Johnson, San Jose, CA (US);
James L Konsevich, San Jose, CA (US);
John Piccone, San Jose, CA (US);
Bernard E Stewart, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359172 ; 359176 ;
Abstract
A diffuse infrared communication link provides for communication directly between nodes each having a transceiver. A repeater may be present to facilitate communication. Each node is automatically reconfigurable between operation with or without a repeater. When a repeater is present each node automatically ignores any transmission by another node.