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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:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sven Dietrich, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/14 ;
Abstract
An improved time transfer mechanism and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a computer implemented method for transferring time, includes generating a first time stamp at a processor; triggering a time transfer event; generating a second time stamp at the processor; and receiving a reference time stamp at the processor. Triggering the time transfer event can further include sending a request for a time stamp signal to a device that is dedicated to time synchronization. The present invention also includes specific hardware for performing the time transfer method.