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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:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence W Lomelino, Folson, CA (US);
Ryan A Callison, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corp, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395309 ; 395308 ;
Abstract
A system for transferring data includes structure (i.e, hardware, software, a combination thereof) for requesting data from a second bus, which data is destined for a first bus; and structure for gaining ownership of the second bus for the purpose of transferring the data from the second bus to the first bus, which structure includes substructure for waiting a programmably variable amount of time to see if additional data is requested by the first bus, before relinquishing control of the second bus.