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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:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Applicants:
Toru Matsuda, Machida, JP;
Kurt Piersol, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Shinsuke Teramura, Yokohama, JP;
Akio Urabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Inagaki, Ito, JP;
Inventors:
Toru Matsuda, Machida, JP;
Kurt Piersol, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Shinsuke Teramura, Yokohama, JP;
Akio Urabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Inagaki, Ito, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dynamically configurable network architecture comprising networked office appliances which provide network addressing, network naming, service discovery, and user identification in one system. The network architecture provides automatic configuration services for unadministered networks while being automatically adaptable within administered environments.