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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:
Jun. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan L Goodrum, Tomball, TX (US);
John M MacLaren, Cypress, TX (US);
Christopher J Pettey, Houston, TX (US);
Paul R Culley, Cypress, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395308 ; 395309 ; 39520046 ; 395293 ; 395841 ; 370401 ;
Abstract
A computer system includes a data storage device on a first data bus, a requesting device that initiates a delayed request on a second data bus, and a bridge device that delivers the delayed request to the first data bus and, after the requesting device regains control of the second data bus, begins providing data to the requesting device while the data storage device is providing the requested data to the bridge device.