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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:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew Fischer, Richardson, TX (US);
Raghuram Kota, Dallas, TX (US);
Thavatchai Makphaibulchoke, Arlington, TX (US);
Subramanian Ramesh, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 7/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 7/38 ;
Abstract
The bits comprising a computer data structure are reversed rapidly and efficiently using a combination of data partitioning and table look ups. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention is employed in the pre-processing of Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) tables stored in little-endian format for use by a big-endian operating system.