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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:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2005
Thomas Newman, Discovery Bay, CA (US);
Leonard Ott, Livermore, CA (US);
Robert John Miller, Fremont, CA (US);
Bobby Dale Gifford, Hayward, CA (US);
Larry Lovercheck, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas Newman, Discovery Bay, CA (US);
Leonard Ott, Livermore, CA (US);
Robert John Miller, Fremont, CA (US);
Bobby Dale Gifford, Hayward, CA (US);
Larry Lovercheck, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Socket Communications, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention permits deferring the final provisioning of the Card Information Structure (CIS) in the attribute memory space of expansion cards (or modules) for portable hosts. This enables expansion cards to be distributed, sold, and installed by their end-users prior to the final provisioning, which is performed during their initial use. A temporary default CIS image is provided that permits baseline functionality of the expansion card with a host device. Providing the default CIS data enables provisional installation and operation of the card in the host, including accessing the card by way of default card services and socket software layers, as provided in the standard software environment of the host. The provisional operation enables higher level software to program the final CIS values in the peripheral controller internal CIS data-structure, EEPROM on the card, or any combination of the two.