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Article #73990Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication
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Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1991 04:23
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1991 04:23
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In article <1991Jul15.093054.4167@netcom.COM>, holen@netcom.COM (Victor Holen) writes: > In article <...> rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Richard Stallman) writes: >>US patent number 4,956,809 covers using a single standard byte >>ordering for transfer of data between machines whose normal byte >>ordering is different. > ... > ... >>The simplest way to communicate data between different computers is to >>set up a convention for the ordering of the bytes in any multi-byte >>number. If the big-endian ordering convention is chosen, then >>little-endian computers must reverse the byte order when they read and >>write network messages. >> >>This is exactly what is covered by US patent 4,956,809. >> >>If you find prior art dated 1982 or earlier, please inform >>league@prep.ai.mit.edu. Who is it who owns this patent? Maynard Handley
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9a4c815047ed049b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-17 07:51:31 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!cornell!vax5.cit.cornell.edu!umh From: umh@vax5.cit.cornell.edu Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication Message-ID: <1991Jul17.002333.6215@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> Date: 17 Jul 91 04:23:33 GMT References: <9107131607.AA14833@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1991Jul15.093054.4167@netcom.COM> Organization: CIT, Cornell University Lines: 22