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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:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
William C Russell, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Canon Information Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520051 ; 39520046 ; 395834 ; 39518314 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for storing a Media Access Control (MAC) address in an EPROM disposed on a target interactive network board having a local area network interface comprises the step of activating a LAN communication program. The communication program operates to broadcast an inquiry through the LAN for the target interactive network board, to receive location information of the target interactive network board in response to the broadcast inquiry, and to establish communication with the target interactive network board. The MAC address is downloaded to a RAM on the board, verified therein, and loaded into the EPROM from the RAM.