Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer-to-computer protocol implementing – Computer-to-computer data framing
Reexamination Certificate
2003-11-14
2009-10-20
Osman, Ramy Mohamed (Department: 2457)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer-to-computer protocol implementing
Computer-to-computer data framing
C370S470000, C370S472000, C370S476000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07606932
ABSTRACT:
A system may include a device configured to initiate a transaction by sending an address packet and an additional device configured to respond to the address packet. The additional device is coupled to receive the address packet from the device via an address network. The address packet includes a mask field configured to indicate which of N quantities of data are targeted by the transaction. The address packet also includes a granularity field configured to indicate a size of each of the N quantities of data. If the size is less than a maximum size, a portion of the granularity field stores additional address bits of an address of the N quantities of data. If the size is the maximum size, none of the granularity field stores any additional address bits of the address of the N quantities of data.
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Kivlin B. Noëel
Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel P.C.
Osman Ramy Mohamed
Sun Microsystems Inc.
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