US Patent No: 6,272,549

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

Method for using electronic mail for exchanging data between computer systems

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Abstract

A TCPEmail system that builds an additional TCP/IP protocol layer on top of an electronic mail system. An application program uses TCPEmail in the conventional manner of using TCP/IP. The application program calls TCPEmail and passes the data to be sent. TCPEmail breaks the data into packets, converts them into ASCII format, and sends the packets as a conventional electronic mail messages. When an electronic mail message is received the data in the mail message is converted into a binary data packet, combined with other packets, and sent to the application.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.HOUSTON, TX25733

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Daniel, Robert S Ft. Collins, CO 1 13

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