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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:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
Applicant:
Bassam Tabbara, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Bassam Tabbara, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 29/14 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 69/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
Multiple devices are identified in a network along with connection information associated with the multiple devices. The connection information associated with the multiple devices is converted into a hierarchical structure and communication links between the multiple devices are identified.