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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. 26, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1996
John C Eidson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Clark Nicholson, Seattle, WA (US);
Gerald Weibel, Everett, WA (US);
Dennis O'Brien, Marysville, WA (US);
Jay M Wardle, Seattle, WA (US);
Glenn R Engel, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Ronald van der Meulen, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for establishing bindings in distributed systems is based on a relational characterization interface (RCI) that includes the following fields: ensemble, message type, and variable name. Optional fields may be specified such as time stamp, units, location, and value. The RCI uses explicit representation and standard representations for data and other communication entities to minimize the difficulty in establishing the necessary communication between parts of these systems while maximizing the interoperability properties of the components of these systems. In addition, the interface allows for the use of distributed or collective entities. A variety of services and other supporting methods are enabled by the RCI.