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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. 01, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2004
Applicant:
Brig Barnum Elliott, Arlington, MA (US);
Inventor:
Brig Barnum Elliott, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. & BBN Technologies Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); H04B 1/06 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G09C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling medium access. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a first message including a first integer; sending a second message including a second integer, the second message sent in response to the first message; receiving a third message including data and a third integer, the third integer serving to authenticate the third message; and sending, in response to the third message, a fourth message including a fourth integer, the fourth message serving to acknowledge receipt of the third message.