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Remote workstation use with database retrieval system

US5276732A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 22, 1991
Grant dateJan 4, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 22, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/5158
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system comprising a local processor capable of accessing a host system typically comprising one database, is provided with a communication processor which controls synchronous serial communication between the host system and a plurality of synchronous devices in a varied range of clocked rates. The communication processor facilitates remoting of a single terminal having resident protocol conversion control capability, while a related plurality of terminals locally access a host system via a single host synchronous port.

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