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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:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Applicant:
James D. Ballew, Grapevine, TX (US);
Inventor:
James D. Ballew, Grapevine, TX (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a computer cluster network includes at least three switches communicatively coupled to respective at least one client nodes. At least one of the at least three switches communicatively couples together at least two other ones of the plurality of switches. In a method embodiment, a method of networking client nodes includes communicatively coupling each switch of at least three switches to respective at least one client nodes. The method also includes communicatively coupling together at least two switches of the at least three switches through at least one other switch of the at least three switches.