(under subclass 200) Subject matter wherein the computers are connected sequentially in a loop configuration.
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 subclass 825.05 for a plurality of controlled devices connected by a communication line in a closed series configuration.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
119, for multiplexing communications within optical local area networks configured as a loop.
370, Multiplex Communications, 452+, for assigning communications channels on a ring or loop and subclass 909 for token ring LANs.
