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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. 12, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2002
Kazuhiro Kita, Kanagawa, JP;
Miwako Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kita, Kanagawa, JP;
Miwako Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system and method for automatically configuring network settings on a computer terminal via a network interface card so that the computer terminal can communicate on a local area network, without requiring users to manually input the network settings. A network interface card is inserted into a computer terminal device. The network interface card automatically determines whether the computer terminal should be configured as host server or a client based on whether another host server is detected on the network. Based on this determination, the network interface card communicates with the host server and receives network configuration information and automatically sets the network settings for the computer terminal. A further embodiment of the invention includes pre-loading a presentation data application program on the network interface card, such that each terminal in the network can display a received presentation or transmit a presentation to the other terminals.
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