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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. 25, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Neil Clair Berglund, Kasson, MN (US);
Todd Jon Rosedahl, Zumbrota, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710 11 ;
Abstract
A concentrator and protocol converter for concentrating signals from a plurality of information circuits and coupling to a computer system control device, and for converting between at least two communications protocols. The information circuits contain vital product data (VPD) about associated devices which is used by the computer system control device.