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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:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter K Hurwitz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
ICS Technologies, Inc., Valley Forge, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520058 ; 39520054 ; 39520057 ; 370401 ; 370231 ; 370236 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus provide for monitoring an auto-negotiation process. A number of intermediate steps in the auto-negotiation process are monitored. A plurality of codes are successively stored in a progress memory to indicate a degree of completion of the auto-negotiation process.