IP Library Granted Patent US 5,557,745
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US 5,557,745 · App. 08/407,802

Method for supporting foreign protocols across backbone network by combining and transmitting list of destinations that support second protocol in first and second areas to the third area

Inventors: Radia J. Perlman, Ian Michael Charles Shand, Christopher W. Gunner
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Granted: Sep 17, 1996 Filed: Mar 20, 1995
Inventors
Radia J. Perlman
Ian Michael Charles Shand
Christopher W. Gunner
Assignee (at issue)
Digital Equipment Corporation

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 5,557,745
App. No.
08/407,802
Filed
1995-03-20
Granted
1996-09-17
Kind
A