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Network terminal server with full API implementation

  • US 6,047,319 A
  • Filed: 07/17/1996
  • Issued: 04/04/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system comprising:

  • a server having a plurality of communication ports; and

    a host computer having a driver communicatively coupling the host computer to the server via a network connection, wherein the driver emulates the communication ports of the server by defining a corresponding local communication port for each of the communication ports of the server, and further wherein the driver includes an application programming interface (API) by which an application program executing on the host computer is granted full control of one of the communication ports of the server, including hardware and software flow control, as if the communication ports of the server were local to the host computer.

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