US 7,424,020 C1 (13,185th)
Network nodes
Christoph Öchsner, Prosselsheim (DE)
Filed by Christoph Öchsner, Prosselsheim (DE)
Assigned to WSOU Investments, LLC
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,016, Jul. 28, 2021.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,424,020, issued Sep. 9, 2008, Appl. No. 10/262,834, Oct. 3, 2002.
Claims priority of application No. 10 149 001 (DE), filed on Oct. 4, 2001.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Feb. 20, 2026.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/54 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 69/10 (2022.01); H04L 69/32 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/56 (2013.01) [H04L 9/40 (2022.05); H04L 69/10 (2013.01); H04L 69/32 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1 and 6 is confirmed.
Claims 2-5 and 7-9 were not reexamined.
1. A method for transmission of data via a communication network the method comprising:
receiving, at a network node connected with two or more. terminals, a data stream from the communication network, wherein the data stream comprises useful data and protocol data;
removing, at the network node, the protocol data of a portion of protocol layers from the received data stream; and
switching the remaining data stream to be transmitted to one of the terminals,
wherein the communication network is a bus system, and
wherein only one IP address is allocated to the network node for each of the two or more terminals connected to the network node.