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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. 25, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Deepak Ayyagari, Vancouver, WA (US);
Tomohiko Ozeki, Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventors:
Deepak Ayyagari, Vancouver, WA (US);
Tomohiko Ozeki, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/413 (2006.01); H04L 12/43 (2006.01); H04J 3/26 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of transmitting data is disclosed. The method transmits data from a source device over a contention channel in a centralized network to more than one device on the channel, including a central coordinator. The method then waits for a data acknowledgment signal from the central coordinator as an indicator of successful reception of the data by any device to which the data was transmitted.