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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. 29, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Brad Congdon, Olympia, WA (US);
Arthur T. Chan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brad Congdon, Olympia, WA (US);
Arthur T. Chan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described herein for configuring at least one port in a switch to be an upstream port or a downstream port based, at least in part, on a control signal. If a component includes both a switch and an endpoint, the method and apparatus support configuration of the endpoint to either couple to an upstream port or to a downstream port. In one embodiment, this method and apparatus are used with PCI Express interconnects.