Exclusionary network adapter apparatus and related method
US5058109A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/4625
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for an exclusionary network adapter connected between a network backbone and a local network segment selectively transfers data packets between the network backbone and the local segment. The exclusionary network adapter excludes all local traffic on the local segment from the network backbone but need not perform perfect general filtering from the network backbone to the local segment as in a network bridge. The exclusionary network adapter may include a host computer and disk drives to function as a file or disk server for devices on the local network segment in addition to transferring data packets between the network backbone and the local network segment.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.