Patent · US Expired

Arbitration mechanism

US6563922B1 · kind B1 · utility

2Cited by
5References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJun 30, 1999
Grant dateMay 13, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2213/1334
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of arbitrating access to a system bus in a telephone switching system for a plurality of requesters by assigning a priority level to each requester, and granting access to the bus based on the number of requesters, the priority of the requestors and the timing of the requests.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.