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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. 18, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2002
Applicant:
Charles W. Berthoud, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Inventor:
Charles W. Berthoud, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A performance indication system for use with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) signal. In one embodiment, the performance indication system includes a rate discrimination subsystem that is configured to provide a determination of a data transfer rate of the USB signal corresponding to a full-speed operation and a high-speed operation. The rate discrimination subsystem is coupled to a condition indication subsystem that is configured to provide a signal indicating the data transfer rate.