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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1997
Jonathan H Shiell, Plano, TX (US);
Ian Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
In a method embodiment (34), the method operates a computer system (10) having a type of configuration and including a single integrated circuit microprocessor (24). The microprocessor operates in response to codes and has an instruction set. The method involves various steps, including determining (40) the type of the configuration. In response to the type of the configuration, the method selects (42) a set of patch codes from a plurality of sets of patch codes. The method also issues (54) a patch request instruction from the instruction set, and it stores (56) the selected set of patch codes to a memory space accessible by the microprocessor. Other circuits, systems, and methods are also disclosed and claimed