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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:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joe Christopher St Clair, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370438 ; 370463 ; 307 41 ; 34082507 ; 34082552 ;
Abstract
A method and system for sequentially addressing multiple components, having a limited number of externally available address lines, on a communication bus. The method and system employs an addressing scheme in combination with a specific interconnection of the components. This combination enables each of the components to be addressed in a sequential fashion by dynamically altering their address. Thus, allowing a virtually unlimited number of components to be coupled to the communication bus without the traditional concerns over the number of externally available address lines.