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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. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Charles Jens Archer, Rochester, MN (US);
Kurt Walter Pinnow, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph D. Ratterman, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian Edward Smith, Rochester, MN (US);
Inventors:
Charles Jens Archer, Rochester, MN (US);
Kurt Walter Pinnow, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph D. Ratterman, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian Edward Smith, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus, program product and method logically divide a group of nodes and causes node pairs comprising a node from each section to communicate. Results from the communications may be analyzed to determine performance characteristics, such as bandwidth and proper connectivity.