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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:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bhaskarpillai Gopinath, Watchung, NJ (US);
David Kurshan, Sea Bright, NJ (US);
Zoran Miljanic, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Assignees:
Network Machines, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709200 ; 709202 ; 709205 ; 709226 ; 709238 ; 709239 ; 709248 ;
Abstract
A distribution element composed of a crossbar-type switch with four independent ports and direct multicast transfer capability which effects a direct interface to applications with an instruction sets for the distribution element, the sets providing for global memory sharing, synchronization, and lossless flow control.