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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. 20, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2002
Applicant:
Gary Gottlieb, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Gary Gottlieb, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
ADC DSL Systems, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A communication system includes primary and secondary interface cards. A switching circuit allows both of the interface cards to selectively communicate over a medium without inducing reflection. Further, an automatic detection system is provided to allow a management circuit to identify which interface card is coupled as the primary or secondary card.