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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998

Filed:

Aug. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Michael Scott Allen, Austin, TX (US);

Ravi Kumar Arimilli, Round Rock, TX (US);

John Michael Kaiser, Cedar Park, TX (US);

William Kurt Lewchuk, Austin, TX (US);

Assignees:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520067 ; 395285 ; 395290 ;
Abstract

A method and system are provided for communicating between devices. A signal is output from a first device. In response to the signal, at least one action is initiated by a second device. An indication is output of whether the second device completed the action and of whether operation of the second device is independent of the first device reoutputting the signal.


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