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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert D Catiller, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Brian K Forbes, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Burroughs Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364900 ;
Abstract
An interrupt network whereby, upon completion of a data transfer cycle between a host computer and peripheral-controller or completion of a data transfer cycle between a peripheral terminal and peripheral-controller, the peripheral-controller is placed in an interrupt mode (background mode) and institutes an interrupt service routine. The normal mode data in the peripheral-controller is stored for re-use upon return to normal mode.