Data transfer system and method for channels with serial transfer line
September 26, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesChannel control system for controlling data transfer through a plurality of channels with priority assignment Interface apparatus for coupling a minicomputer to a microcomputer for the transfer of data between them and method for using same Channel interface circuit with high speed data message header field translation and direct memory access Communications controller Interactive communication channel Serial channel interface with method and apparatus for handling data streaming and data interlocked modes of data transfer Patent #: 4712176 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/911785 filed on 09/26/1986US Classes:710/29, Flow controlling710/65, Input/Output data modification710/70Digital-to-digitalExaminersPrimary: Shaw, Gareth D.Assistant: Mills, John G. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 13/10 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data1985-10-01 JPAbstractAn apparatus for transferring data between a memory and an input/output device via a serial data transfer line including a central channel unit for sending to the input/output device a chaining instruction for chaining data stored at a plurality of locations in the memory, a remote channel unit for requesting from the central channel unit a new command causing the transfer of any succeeding data, and a unit for informing a data processing unit of an amount of data which has not been transferred from the memory to the input/output device. | |
