PatentBrief

Inventor

Charles P. Thacker

Patents indexed

1

Year range

1977

Associated with

Years active

1977

Total patents

1

Most recent

1977

Frequent collaborator

Robert M. Metcalfe

Domains

telecommunicationssoftwareconsumer_electronics

Activity by decade

1970s
1

Patents

1

US 4063220·1977·Xerox Corp

How Computers Share a Network Cable Without Crashing

This patent describes how multiple computers can share a single communication cable by listening for other transmissions and stopping if they detect a collision, then trying again later.