(under subclass 223) Subject matter further comprising means or steps for detecting or observing operating characteristics or conditions of computers connected through a computer network or of the network itself.
(1) Note. Protocol analyzers and logic analyzers are classified elsewhere, per se. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.
(2) Note. Data processing systems or calculating computers designed for or utilized in the indication of a condition relating to a measurement, analysis, or continuous detection (i.e., measuring, testing, or monitoring) are classified elsewhere. See the SEARCH CLASS notes below.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
340, Communications: Electrical,
825+, for controlling one or more devices to obtain a plurality of results by transmission of a designated one of plural distinctive control signals over a smaller number of communication lines or channels, particularly subclasses 825.06+ for communication systems where status of a controlled device is communicated.
370, Multiplex Communications,
252+, for determining communications parameters.
702, Data Processing: Measuring and Testing, appropriate subclasses for data computer systems or calculating computers designed for or utilized in the indication of a condition relating to a measurement, analysis, or continuous detection.
714, Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,
39, for protocol analyzers and logic analyzers, and subclass 47 for performance monitoring for fault avoidance.
