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Method and apparatus for device communications

US8036143B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10References

72Claims

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Daniel Lovy · Palo Alto, US
David Arfin · Palo Alto, US
Elliot Lovy · San Francisco, US
Edward M. Sesek · Los Altos, US
Nathaniel Mark Saal · Palo Alto, US
Steven J. Schwarzenbach · Livermore, US
Seth Godin · Dobbs Ferry, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 3, 2004
Grant date	Oct 11, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 26, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2012/2849
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Information may be transferred between dissimilar communication devices through a common interface. The common interface may operate on the dissimilar communication devices in accordance with aspects of the dissimilar communication devices that have been abstracted.

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