The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1996
Antoni B Przygienda, Rockville, MD (US);
FORE System, Inc., Warrendale, PA (US);
Abstract
The method includes the steps of receiving new information about the node. Then, there is the step of comparing the new information about the node with old information about the node. Then, there is the step of updating the old information with the new information by incrementing the old information with the new information. A method for monitoring an other node. The method includes the steps of storing an old packet from an other node having at least a first element in a memory of a node. Then, there is the step of receiving a new packet from the other node having at least a first element by the node. Next there is the step of comparing the first element of the new packet with the first element of the old packet. Then there is the step of inserting the first element of the new packet in an order which is in front of the first element of the old packet in the memory if the first element of the new packet is different than the first element of the old packet.