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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2001
Applicants:
John A. Foegelle, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Michael D. Foegelle, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Inventors:
John A. Foegelle, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Michael D. Foegelle, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Electronic Label Technology, Inc., Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for enhancing a one-wire bus wherein a translator is inserted between a master and one or more slave devices. The translator monitors the data stream between the master and the slave device and, upon a reaching a predetermined position in the data stream, inserts known data into the data stream. The translator includes: a primary one-wire bus for communicating with the master; and at least one secondary one-wire buses each of which can communicate with one or more slave devices.