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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:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
Applicants:
Anand Valavi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas Kuehnel, Fremont, CA (US);
Donald M. Gray, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anand Valavi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas Kuehnel, Fremont, CA (US);
Donald M. Gray, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A switch with tandem ports and an outlet assembly permit individual segments of cable to be used with multiple data link protocol standards. The multiple data link protocols can be used either one at a time, with each group of wires in the cable carrying the same data link protocol in different communication sessions, or can be used in tandem, with each group of wires in the cable simultaneously carrying a different data link protocol.