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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:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David John Craft, Austin, TX (US);
Wendel Glenn Voigt, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/338 ; G06F 1/340 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/338 ; G06F 1/340 ;
Abstract
A method for interconnecting components within a data processing system is disclosed. A number of components is connected to an uni-directional bus. The uni-directional bus is arranged in a loop configuration. Each component has at least one node identification. Communications among these components are provided in the form of messages via a respective node identification. Each message includes a node identification field and a content field.