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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:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert Rudy Nelson, Olympia, WA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/24 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for programming firmware on a circuit board without powering the entire circuit board includes a firmware interface which can be isolated from the rest of the circuit board and a logic module for programming the firmware. The firmware interface includes a connector which supports powering the circuit board as well as permitting programming from the logic module.