- 专利标题: Deferred tuple space programming of expansion modules
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申请号: US11102209申请日: 2005-04-09
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公开(公告)号: US07003627B2公开(公告)日: 2006-02-21
- 发明人: Thomas Newman , Leonard Ott , Robert John Miller , Bobby Dale Gifford , Larry Lovercheck
- 申请人: Thomas Newman , Leonard Ott , Robert John Miller , Bobby Dale Gifford , Larry Lovercheck
- 申请人地址: US CA Newark
- 专利权人: Socket Communications, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Socket Communications, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Newark
- 代理机构: PatentVentures
- 代理商 Bennett Smith; Korbin Van Dyke
- 主分类号: G06F13/10
- IPC分类号: G06F13/10 ; G06F12/02
摘要:
The present invention permits deferring the final provisioning of the Card Information Structure (CIS) in the attribute memory space of expansion cards (or modules) for portable hosts. This enables expansion cards to be distributed, sold, and installed by their end-users prior to the final provisioning, which is performed during their initial use. A temporary default CIS image is provided that permits baseline functionality of the expansion card with a host device. Providing the default CIS data enables provisional installation and operation of the card in the host, including accessing the card by way of default card services and socket software layers, as provided in the standard software environment of the host. The provisional operation enables higher level software to program the final CIS values in the peripheral controller internal CIS data-structure, EEPROM on the card, or any combination of the two.
公开/授权文献
- US20050177675A1 Deferred tuple space programming of expansion modules 公开/授权日:2005-08-11