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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
May. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Michael Ward Johnson, Petaluma, CA (US);
John Shigeto Minami, San Jose, CA (US);
Ryo Koyama, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Ward Johnson, Petaluma, CA (US);
John Shigeto Minami, San Jose, CA (US);
Ryo Koyama, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 15/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An Internet network protocol stack, along with special logic, is embedded with a modem, thereby enabling a modem to become Internet-ready. As a result, the modem offloads much of the network protocol processing from the main CPU and improves the overall performance of the communication system.