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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:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Josef Schon, Landershofen, DE;
Assignee:
TEMIC Telefunken Microelectronic GmbH, Heilbronn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395800 ; 395829 ; 3952001 ; 36422421 ;
Abstract
To connect the various stations of a data processing system, a bus system is used, to which all users have access. In accordance with the invention, a method for automatic assignment of bus addresses is provided, whereby each user generates a random address that is enquired by a control unit. After clashes recognized by the control unit, this method is repeated until each user has been assigned a clear address.