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Apparatus and method to provide a signal using a communication link

US8302137B2 · kind B2 · utility

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29Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Brian J. Cagno · Tucson, US
Matthew Bomhoff · Tucson, US
Gregg S. Lucas · Tucson, US
Kenny Nian Gan Qiu · Tucson, US
Andrew Seidel · Tucson, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 29, 2003
Grant date	Oct 30, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 28, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L25/03878
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method to provide a signal using a communication link. The method disposes a passive transponder on the communication link, where that passive transponder includes a memory. The method reads information relating to the communication link from the memory, and then, based upon that information, adjusts certain characteristics of a signal provided using the communication link.

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