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Method and apparatus for device interaction by format

  • US 6,721,286 B1
  • Filed: 04/14/1998
  • Issued: 04/13/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of passing information between two or more information handling devices, there being a means for communication of information between information handling devices, wherein said information transmitted comprises a data format hierarchy and determines the format in which the data is then received thereby, and wherein a receiving device determines the format in which the data is then received by a response to a transmitting device comprising a path through the data format hierarchy.

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