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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:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1999
David J. Streett, Lewisville, TX (US);
Neil E. Glassie, Lewisville, TX (US);
Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for programming flash based firmware is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a programmable control card (,) and a processor card (,). The programmable control card (,) includes a control card connector (,) and a programmable flash device (,). The processor card (,) includes a programming connector (,), a processor (,) and on-board flash devices (,). The control card (,) is operable to connect to the processor card (,) by connecting the control card connector (,) with the programming connector (,). Upon starting the processor card (,) control card (,) is operable to transfer programming code to the processor card (,).