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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:
Jul. 14, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
William A Fechalos, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ; H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 85 ; 3701101 ;
Abstract
This disclosure depicts a multi-function bus for use with a central processor system, user devices having user interfaces and a host switching interface unit. The multi-function bus has a first pre-determined number of transmit and receive lines connecting the central processing system, the user interfaces and the host interfacing unit. A second pre-determined number of channels on each of the transmit and receive lines is provided for on the multi-function bus. A multi-function bus includes the transfer of information to and from the host switching system both in a serial mode and in a parallel mode on the multi-function bus.