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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chi-Lie Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eric Davis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/30 ;
Abstract
A serial bus with pre-defined protocol may be used on the NIC to provide PC management functions. While these functions may be used with the PC powered up, they may further perform valuable tasks while the PC is powered down. With these new added functions, centralized control may be achieved which will lower the administrative cost and serve better for distributed computing.