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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:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takumi Iwai, Osaka, JP;
Mikiko Tamori, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fjuitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; B42J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375356 ; 39520005 ; 39520019 ;
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for transferring data between a master unit MU, and slave units SU0, SU1 . . . SUX according to a synchronizing signal generated by the master unit MU, the master unit MU outputs information specifying a unit to be a data transferring source, and the unit corresponding to that information transmits data held by the unit itself and the other units so that, data transferring is performed between the units MU, SU0, SU1 . . . and SUX, and it becomes possible for all the units including the master unit to receive data from the data transmitting source.