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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:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henry Fang, Cerritos, CA (US);
Jeffrey Nicholson, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sharp Laboratories of America, Incorporation, Camas, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/54 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/54 ;
Abstract
A method of designing an interface for a messaging system for networks. The method includes the steps of providing a system interface to communicate with an operating system and driver level communication drivers, and using an application interface for transferring payload data between application objects and the system interface. The method could be applied in networks that include both application-level applications and driver-level device drivers.