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Configurable universal serial bus node

Patent 6044428 Issued on March 28, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject March 17, 2018. 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.

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Inventor

Application

No. 040110 filed on 03/17/1998

US Classes:

710/305, Bus interface architecture710/63, Universal710/64Via common units and peripheral-specific units

Examiners

Primary: Ray, Gopal C.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

G06F 013/10
G06F 013/40
G06F 015/17
G06F 003/00

Abstract

A Universal Serial Bus node having a non-volatile memory is preprogrammed with the data bits necessary to configure an attached state machine to become a translator or modified translator for signals from a computer peripheral device. On startup, the Universal Serial Bus node is configured to translate signals to and from the computer peripheral device into USB protocol signals to and from a Universal Serial Bus equipped computer in order to assure proper communication therebetween.

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