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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2014
Applicants:
Marc Hoffknecht, Newmarket, CA;
Javier Rojas, Mississauga, CA;
Liam John O'hagan, Walkerton, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc., Danvers, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); H04L 1/24 (2006.01); G06F 11/22 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3027 (2013.01); G06F 11/0745 (2013.01); G06F 11/0793 (2013.01); H04L 1/24 (2013.01); H04L 2001/0094 (2013.01); G06F 11/221 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems for helping identify faults on a bus, as well as to determine the topology of a bus network, are disclosed. A system according to one embodiment includes a bus interface for connecting to a bus and a switch coupled to the bus interface, the switch configured to alternate between an open state and a closed state. The system is connected to the bus via the bus interface when the switch is in the closed state, and the system is disconnected from the bus via the bus interface when the switch is in the open state.