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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:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Russell N Mirov, Los Altos, CA (US);
Victor Odisho, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395835 ;
Abstract
An identification interface that transfers control information between a controller and an option module coupled to a motherboard of a computer. The identification interface supports the propagation of a plurality of bit fields containing information pertaining to the characteristics of the option module including, but not limited to, its speed, type and other information about its characteristics.