Patent · US Expired

Data transfer

US6771647B1 · kind B1 · utility

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22Claims
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Filing dateOct 6, 1999
Grant dateAug 3, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 6, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5681
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data reception unit for receiving a plurality of data streams over a data channel. The data streams are received as amounts of data, each amount of data comprising a data portion including data from a data stream and an identity portion identifying that data stream. The data reception unit comprises a data stream memory comprising a plurality of data stream storage areas and a reserve buffer, a first storage information memory for holding first storage information, a processing unit, and a data storage controller. The data storage controller, for each received amount of data, receives the identity portion of the amount of data and performs a storage operation based on the identity portion.

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