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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. 01, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher Paul Walker, Portishead, GB;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Limited, Bristol, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370473 ; 341 52 ; 341 55 ; 341 60 ; 371 492 ; 371 52 ; 375253 ;
Abstract
A coding scheme for transmitting messages particularly between computers is described. Messages are transmitted in packets which include at least a data portion and a terminator. Out of a predetermined set of symbols, sixteen data symbols and at least one control symbol is selected. The terminator token is generated to constitute the symbol and a six-bit symbol representing checking bits.