Patent · US Expired

Computer communications control

US4475175A · kind A · utility

11Cited by
17References
3Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJan 29, 1982
Grant dateOct 2, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 29, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C9/33
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A secure communication link is provided for transmitting signals between a host computer and at least one authorized terminal. The communication link includes a host modem for modulating and demodulating the signals transmitted between the host computer and the authorized terminal and an access controller. The access controller stores enquiry and reply sequences of bits and is operable to compare incoming signals from the host modem with the stored sequences of bits. Where there is agreement between the signals from the host modem and the stored sequences of bits, the controller establishes the communication link. Where there is no agreement or no reply from the host modem, the controller disconnects the host modem from the link.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.