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US Patent 6044428 - Configurable universal serial bus node
US Patent Issued on March 28, 2000
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
March 17, 2018Estimated 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.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
March 17, 2018Estimated 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.AbstractA 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. | InventorApplicationNo. 040110 filed on 03/17/1998US Classes:710/305, Bus interface architecture710/63, Universal710/64Via common units and peripheral-specific unitsField of Search710/100, INTRASYSTEM CONNECTION (E.G., BUS AND BUS TRANSACTION PROCESSING)710/104, System configuring710/63, Universal710/64, Via common units and peripheral-specific units710/72, Application-specific peripheral adapting710/3, Input/Output addressing712/37, Programmable (e.g., EPROM)345/156, DISPLAY PERIPHERAL INTERFACE INPUT DEVICE345/168, Including keyboard709/231, Computer-to-computer data streaming370/257, In a bus system370/364, Having plural buses370/912PACKET COMMUNICATIONSExaminersPrimary: Ray, Gopal C.Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References5396639, One chip microcomputer having programmable I/O terminals programmed according to data stored in nonvolatile memoryIssued on: 03/07/1995 Inventor: Suenaga, et al.5485590, Programmable controller communication interface module which is configurable by a removable memory cartridge Issued on: 01/16/1996 Inventor: Hyatt, et al.5623686, Non-volatile memory control and data loading architecture for multiple chip processor Issued on: 04/22/1997 Inventor: Hall, et al.5659801, Method and apparatus for replacing resident peripheral device control microcode by download via an application program Issued on: 08/19/1997 Inventor: Kopsaftis5784581, Apparatus and method for operating a peripheral device as either a master device or a slave device Issued on: 07/21/1998 Inventor: Hannah5818948, Architecture for a universal serial bus-based PC speaker controller Issued on: 10/06/1998 Inventor: Gulick5841424, USB to multiple connect and support bays for peripheral devices Issued on: 11/24/1998 Inventor: Kikinis5859993, Dual ROM microprogrammable microprocessor and universal serial bus microcontroller development system Issued on: 01/12/1999 Inventor: Snyder5914877USB based microphone system Issued on: 06/22/1999 Inventor: Gulick International ClassesG06F 013/10G06F 013/40 G06F 015/17 G06F 003/00 |
