Configurable universal serial bus node
US6044428A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/426
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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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