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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. 13, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas D. Hite, Rockwall, TX (US);
Ronald W. Barber, Plano, TX (US);
Charles W. Partridge, Wylie, TX (US);
Mark R. Lee, Richardson, TX (US);
William B. McGrane, Dallas, TX (US);
Aaron L. Myer, Draper, UT (US);
Mark S. Lewno, Garland, TX (US);
Assignee:
AMX Corporation, Richardson, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/12 ;
Abstract
A communication protocol includes a packet protocol, which includes a protocol field for indicating the type of protocol, a length of data field for listing the length in bytes of the data field, a data field containing sub protocol data, and a checksum for determining the integrity of the packet.