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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4967377 | Control system using computers and having an initialization function A control system using a plurality of microcomputers prevents data transfer error by allowing execution of control programs by the respective microcomputers only after all the microcomputers have been initialized. The control system may be used for contro... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4958278 | Method for loading data or program to a plurality of terminal stations Described is an apparatus and method which allow multiple stations on a communications network to be Initial Program Loaded simultaneously from a server station. Thus, the method minimizes the time it would normally take to load the stations sequentially.... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4899274 | Dynamic terminal address allocation by the terminal itself in a data processing system A system has a central processor and multiple addressable terminals connected by a communication cable. The terminal itself contains a list of candidate addresses it can use. The terminal determines which of the candidate addresses are already in use by o... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4896263 | Multi-microcomputer system All but one of the microcomputers in a multi-computer system are equipped with a rapid-access read-write memory and a fixed content nonvolatile read-only memory. Each of these read-only memories, however, stores a multiplicity of varieties of one or more ... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4888683 | Method and apparatus for loading programs in a distributed processing system A system for loading a program in a distributed system including a plurality of information processing units interconnected by a transmission system comprises an information processing unit for preparing a program and sending the program to the transmissi... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4787028 | Multicommunication protocol controller A data processing system which includes a host processor and a plurality of remote processing devices which are coupled to a common communication channel. The system also includes a look-up table storing the sets of instructions for a plurality of communi... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4752870 | Decentralized information processing system and initial program loading method therefor In a decentralized information processing system comprising a system controller and work station, initial program loading is done by transferring a program from one of the work stations to the system controller, or to another work station that has issued ... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4718005 | Distributed control of alias name usage in networks Computer systems linked to nodes in a communication network communicate directly with each other to establish name associations for entities (e.g. programs, storage files, etc.) susceptible of being shared across the network, and thereafter communicate fu... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4441162 | Local network interface with control processor & DMA controller for coupling data processing stations to common serial communications medium A local network interface is used in a network for enabling each of a plurality of data processing stations to communicate with one another via a communications medium. The local network interface is connected between the communications medium and the dat... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4335426 | Remote processor initialization in a multi-station peer-to-peer intercommunication system For a system including a plurality of processors which are interconnected by a communications link through individual communication stations, a method of remote processor initialization is disclosed which provides a specific frame exchange procedure for t... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4112488 | Fault-tolerant network with node branching A network for providing data communication among a plurality of remote units and between such remote units and a central processor complex in which a plurality of node units are each associated with one or more remote units. The node units and central pro... | 09/05/1978 |
