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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
May. 15, 1998
Eric Gregory Tausheck, Citrus Heights, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A network bridge includes a processor, a common memory, a first interface to a first network and a second interface to a second network. Upon the first interface receiving a first request to transfer data from a device on the first network, the processor seeds a portion of a first buffer within the first common memory with a predetermined polling pattern. The processor polls the portion of the first buffer to determine when data has arrived into the first buffer. When the processor determines that data has arrived into the first buffer, the processor authorizes the second interface to set up a write process with a device on the second network.