Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer-to-computer protocol implementing – Computer-to-computer data framing
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-06
2008-05-06
Cardone, Jason (Department: 2145)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer-to-computer protocol implementing
Computer-to-computer data framing
C709S232000, C370S412000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07370117
ABSTRACT:
A method of communicating frames of management information includes loading a frame of management information from one of a plurality of stations into a respective one of a plurality of buffers. Whether the frame contains more than a predetermined number of bytes is determined. If an end of the frame is loaded into the respective one of the buffers, then a frame presence flag associated with said one of the plurality of stations is set. A request signal is transmitted to a station management module if the frame contains more than the predetermined number of bytes or if the buffer already contains management information associated with a previously loaded frame. The plurality of stations is polled to determine whether respective frame presence flags have been set. A buffer reading process is performed in a manner dependent upon whether the buffer reading process was triggered by one of the frame presence flags or by the request signal, to provide the station management module with the management information in the frame.
REFERENCES:
patent: 6463478 (2002-10-01), Lau et al.
patent: 2002/0176430 (2002-11-01), Sangha et al.
Bell John S.
Grow Robert M.
Perloff Ronald S.
Cardone Jason
Intel Corporation
Mirza Adnan M.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman LLP
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