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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:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward Glen Britton, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael G. Fitzpatrick, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey Douglas Haggar, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Maurice Isrel, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Thomas Donald Moore, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew Henry Richter, Raleigh, NC (US);
Barton Clark Vashaw, Apex, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
Abstract
The invention ensures that a single and consistent reply is made to ARP requests in a system of connected IP networks in which each host can contain combinations of host adapters, offload adapters and virtual IP addresses.