The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark J Simms, Boise, ID (US);
R Alexis Takasugi, Eagle, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710 57 ; 710 52 ; 710 56 ; 711173 ; 711200 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for storing retrievable boundary information into a buffer memory of a receiving device. In one arrangement, the boundary information is used to indicate where a block of data ends in the buffer memory. In another arrangement, the boundary information is used to indicate where a burst begins and ends in the buffer memory. This is accomplished by the use of boundary indicators and following a set of organization rules as data and boundary indicators are written into the buffer memory. As a result, during a later buffer read operation the data and the boundary information can be retrieved and identified.