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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:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gilbert A. Neiger, Portland, OR (US);
Nicholas D. Wade, Portland, OR (US);
Kai Cheng, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/26 ;
Abstract
In some embodiments, a computer system includes nodes connected through conductors to form a ring. Messages are transmitted on the ring and at least some of the nodes each include control circuitry to receive the messages in a node reception order that is different for each node and order the messages in a global order that is the same for each node having the control circuitry.