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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. 18, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicholas Stapleton, Middlesex, GB;
Christopher Walker, Hertfordshire, GB;
David R. Smith, Hertfordshire, GB;
Patrick M. Overs, Bedfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
Abstract
A communications apparatus comprising a plurality of communication devices each having a plurality of ports and a data bus interconnecting the plurality of units, wherein each device is provided with means enabling the device to detect automatically its position on the data bus.