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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:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rao S. Pitla, Beaverton, OR (US);
Roy Kenneth Larsen, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
Abstract
A method and system for handling both proprietary and transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) protocols over a point-to-point protocol (PPP) connection. The method and system use the PPP connection over a single communication line to initially communicate using a proprietary protocol and then switch to a TCP/IP communication while still maintaining the connection to the single communication line.