Patent · US Expired

Digital information commodities exchange

US5428606A · kind A · utility

684Cited by
17References
10Claims
0Family size

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJun 30, 1993
Grant dateJun 27, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 30, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/493
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for the exchange of digital information packets includes an exchange with connectors to allow modular expandable units to connect to the exchange over transmission media. The modular expandable units send digital information packets from one to another over the exchange in response to requests for these digital information packets. The exchange allows for billing and other administrative functions.

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