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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:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1999
Applicants:
David A. Edwards, Bristol, GB;
Andrew M. Jones, Bristol, GB;
John A. Carey, Bristol, GB;
Anthony W. Rich, Christchurch, NZ;
Inventors:
David A. Edwards, Bristol, GB;
Andrew M. Jones, Bristol, GB;
John A. Carey, Bristol, GB;
Anthony W. Rich, Christchurch, NZ;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Ltd., , GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit for monitoring information put onto an interconnect by one or more modules, said circuit comprising circuitry for determining if the information on the interconnect matches one or more conditions; and circuitry for preventing a module from putting further information onto said interconnect if it is determined that information on the interconnect matches said one or more conditions.