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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:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mannan Mohammed, Chandler, AZ (US);
Thomas R Craver, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710-8 ; 710104 ; 709222 ; 709238 ; 370401 ; 370469 ;
Abstract
What is disclosed is a method for interfacing applications to network driver interface device drivers. The method includes the steps of binding a virtual device driver to a network driver interface; filling in a network driver interface request structure; and, passing the network driver interface request structure to the network driver interface. An apparatus for interfacing applications to network driver interface device drivers is also disclosed.