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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. 20, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory M. Daughtry, Portland, OR (US);
Hieu T. Tran, Portland, OR (US);
Srithar Ramesh, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew J. McRonald, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5177 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5177 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for eliminating contention with dual masters. One method disclosed disables a default bus master, and tests for a second bus master. If the second bus master fails to respond, the default bus master is enabled.