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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:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew M. Jones, Redland, GB;
John A. Carey, Bishopston, GB;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Ltd., , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit comprising a plurality of functional modules and interconnected via a packet router for conveying request and response packets is described. Transactions involve the dispatch of request packets and receipt of corresponding response packets. Each packet conveys a number of transaction attributes which can control how the packet is managed by control circuitry which controls the flow of packets on the packet router. For example the transaction attributes can include a transaction number, a grouping indicator, a priority indicator and a post indicator.