Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!dino!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!iuvax!bsu-cs!mithomas From: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: PhoneNET receives patent Message-ID: <10919@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Date: 14 Mar 90 23:08:51 GMT Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 26 Does anyone have any idea as to just what this patent might cover? Seems interesting: FARALLON AWARDED U.S. PATENT NUMBER 4,901,342 FOR PHONENET CONNECTOR TECHNOLOGY Emeryville, CA-March 12, 1990--Farallon Computing, Inc., today announced the company recently received United States patent number 4,901,342 for its PhoneNET connector technology. Farallon's PhoneNET connector was the first device that allowed users to network computers over existing telephone wires. The patent applies to Farallon's PhoneNET connector and StarConnector* technology. Farallon is currently negotiating licensing agreements with several manufacturers of connecting devices that use telephone wires to network computers. ... "Farallon is interested in licensing the technology under this patent to qualified third parties," said Pat OUHaren, FarallonUs manager of OEM sales. "PhoneNET is the cornerstone of all of Farallon's connectivity products. We are interested in making this technology available to help solve people's connectivity problems." -- Michael Niehaus UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!mithomas Apple Student Rep ARPA: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu Ball State University AppleLink: ST0374 (from UUCP: st0374@applelink.apple.com)