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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:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey S Miller, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
CompuServe Incorporated, Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520048 ; 39520057 ;
Abstract
A system is disclosed in which Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks are connected and specialized services are provided to facilitate communication across the networks. For Wide Area Network to Local Area Network communications, users are authenticated and permitted to access workstations via a menu system. Data transfers across the networks are completed using a matching application-level protocol to increase throughput.