(under subclass 100) Subject matter including means or steps for establishing a temporary connection or link between two digital data processing system components by an intermediary station that serves to provide the connection.
(1) Note. The subject matter here in accordance with its parent subclass and its class requires connecting and reconnecting of links within a single digital data processing system or computer which distinguishes it from electrical communications switching, telephone switching systems, and computer network switching. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
340, Communications: Electrical,
825+, for subject matter including means or steps for electrical communications switching.
370, Multiplex Communications, for the simultaneous transmission of two or more signals over a common medium, particularly
229+, for data flow congestion prevention and control, subclasses 254+ for network configuration determination, subclasses 351+ for pathfinding or routing which includes circuit switching or packet switching, and subclasses 465+ for adaptive communication which includes processing or converting of communication protocols.
379, Telephonic Communications, for subject matter including means or steps for telephone switching systems. 709, Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems: Multiple Computer and Process Coordinating,
200+, for means or steps for computer network switching.
