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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2000
Applicants:

Steven G. Denies, East Aurora, NY (US);

Robert H. Fritzinger, Williamsville, NY (US);

Joseph S. Ott, Depew, NY (US);

Thomas J. Greier, Buffalo, NY (US);

Inventors:

Steven G. DeNies, East Aurora, NY (US);

Robert H. Fritzinger, Williamsville, NY (US);

Joseph S. Ott, Depew, NY (US);

Thomas J. Greier, Buffalo, NY (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and devices of determining the interface class used on a communication pathway are disclosed. The method compares information derived from the communication pathway to information about known interface classes to determine whether the derived information is similar to the information corresponding to the known interface classes. Devices according to the present invention include hardware and computer readable storage mediums having encoded instructions for carrying out the method.


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