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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:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2001
Applicants:
Alan B. Butt, Orem, UT (US);
Gregory P. Olsen, Lindon, UT (US);
Richard R. Winterton, Provo, UT (US);
David A. Eatough, Herriman, UT (US);
Inventors:
Alan B. Butt, Orem, UT (US);
Gregory P. Olsen, Lindon, UT (US);
Richard R. Winterton, Provo, UT (US);
David A. Eatough, Herriman, UT (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for discovering agents operative on devices configured in a network by broadcasting discovery messages having a common format and containing data to the network devices and receiving reply messages having the same common format and containing data from the agents, and permitting new types of data within the messages without changing the common format.