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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:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Baldev Krishan, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Novaweb Technologies, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; H04L / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709250 ; 709200 ; 709202 ; 709231 ; 709249 ; 370351 ; 370352 ; 370401 ; 370463 ;
Abstract
A plug-in card for use with a personal computer is disclosed, which provides a combination of a modem, a network interface, and a network hub. The card permits the personal computer to share a single connection to a wide area network, such as the Internet with other computers which are connected to the network hub on the card. Integration of a modem, network interface, and network hub onto a single plug-in card provides cost savings, and improved ease of setup and use.