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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:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Jerome Tjia, Singapore, SG;
Inventor:
Jerome Tjia, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a bus system comprising a first and second station () coupled via a bus () for transferring data and control signals, the bus () operating according to a protocol in which the first station () repeatedly sends requests () for data to the second station, the second station () responding to each request () by sending a message with a data item or sending a negative acknowledge signal (), wherein the second station () comprises: