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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. 16, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Bruce Whitehouse, Brea, CA (US);
Bruce Robert Ferguson, Anaheim, CA (US);
Kaz Takata, Placentia, CA (US);
Kunjan Zaveri, Arcadia, CA (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Transcom Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395281 ; 395280 ; 370 85 ;
Abstract
A technique and system for isolating segments of a serial data bus for remote configuration of equipment in in-flight entertainment systems. The system allows the automatic initialization, or configuration, of multiple terminal units, attached to a serial data bus, without requiring physical access to the multiple units.