US.
Patent
I
START
I
May
28,
1996
SEND
PROPOSAL
TO
OUTPUT
NEIGHBOR
I
RETURN
ACCEPTANCE
FROM
NODES
THAT
RECEIVE
ONE
PROPOSAL
I
ADVANCE
PATH
FOR
ACC
EPTE
D
PROPOSAL
(
's‘ToP
)
FIG.
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Sheet
8 0f
11
5,521,591
(
START
)
EXAMINE
NEXT
SPLITTER
'\
ERASE
SPLITTER,
DESCENDANTS
AND
CUTOUTS
FIG.
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