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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:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karl Francis Horlander, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing SA, Boulogne, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
Abstract
A system comprising a first device including a controller and a lock manager, a second device coupled to the first device by a bus, and a third device coupled to the first and second devices by the bus. The controller and the lock manager of the first device operate to establish an exclusive communication relationship between the first device and one of the second or third devices.