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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:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Stephen R. Van Doren, Northborough, MA (US);
Gregory Edward Tierney, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Simon C. Steely, Jr., Hudson, NH (US);
Inventors:
Stephen R. Van Doren, Northborough, MA (US);
Gregory Edward Tierney, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Simon C. Steely, Jr., Hudson, NH (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system comprises a first node that employs a source broadcast protocol to initiate a transaction. The first node employs a forward progress protocol to resolve the transaction if the source broadcast protocol cannot provide a deterministic resolution of the transaction.