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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:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1998
Brian N. Bingham, Apex, NC (US);
Jackie Jackson, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Rosemary V. Slager, Cary, NC (US);
Deepak Vig, Raleigh, NC (US);
Charles A. Carriker, Cary, NC (US);
Cedell A. Alexander, Durham, NC (US);
John Kevin Frick, Raleigh, NC (US);
Edward J. Rovner, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Matthew B. Squire, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method and system for use within at least one network wherein broadcast occurs. The method and system achieve their objects as follows. In response to reception of a data frame with at least one destination indicator ordinarily requiring broadcast to a first defined group of stations, at least one attribute of the received data frame is examined. In response to the step of examining, the received data frame is transmitted to a defined second group of stations, smaller in number than the first group of stations.