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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:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David E Dent, Portland, OR (US);
Vaughn S Iverson, Beaverton, OR (US);
John W Richardson, Portland, OR (US);
Robert T Adams, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Jeffrey N Kidder, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Chihuan M Lin, Chandler, AZ (US);
Thomas R Gardos, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39518701 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for protecting user privacy by providing an inaccurate measure of network systems automatically initiates one or more non-user requested accesses to one or more network systems. The data received from the host system corresponding to the one or more non-user requested accesses is then automatically ignored.