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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:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lance W. Dover, Fair Oaks, CA (US);
Andrew H. Gafken, Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/14 ; H03K 2/300 ; H03K 2/138 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/14 ; H03K 2/300 ; H03K 2/138 ;
Abstract
A value for a first counter is maintained. A value for a second counter based on a content of a non-volatile memory is maintained. Updates to the value for the first counter and to the value for the second counter are controlled.