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Method of determining the topology of a network of objects

  • US 6,411,997 B1
  • Filed: 11/15/1996
  • Issued: 06/25/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of determining a connection between devices comprising:

  • (a) determining the probability of said connection using a method which would indicate said connection with highest acceptable probability, (b) in the event step (a) fails, determining the probability of said connection using a method having a lower acceptable probability, (c) in the event step (b) fails, continuously repeating step (b) using methods having successively lower acceptable probabilities of indicating said connection, until a connection is indicated.

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