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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Josephus C. Ebergen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Danny Cohen, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Inventors:
Josephus C. Ebergen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Danny Cohen, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/433 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2013.01); H04L 12/433 (2013.01); H04L 41/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that regulates communications between a plurality of transmitters and a receiver. The system comprises a plurality of cells, wherein each cell controls communications from a transmitter in the plurality of transmitters to the receiver. A single token flows through a ring which passes through the plurality of cells, wherein the presence of the token within a cell indicates that the corresponding transmitter may communicate with the receiver.