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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:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Ditner, New Hamburg, CA;
Marc Morin, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; H04L 1/250 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; H04L 1/250 ;
Abstract
A system and method of operation for connecting at least one USB function to at least two USB hosts is presented. The system of provides a USB tree between each USB host and the at least one USB function. The system further contains provisions for isolating a given USB host from the at least one USB function.