US 6,691,201 Dual mode USB-PS/2 device

The suits

27 cases · E.D. Tex. (27)

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Independent claims

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Art before the examiner

20 references of record, 20 cited by the examiner.

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Examiner-cited

• JPH01279630A — Bus driver circuit (Nec Corp)
• US5495594A — Technique for automatically adapting a peripheral integrated circuit for operation with a variety of microprocessor control signal protocols (Zilog, Inc.)
• US5847372A — Chip card (Clm Combicard Licence Marketing Gmbh & Co Kg)
• US5931933A — Apparatus and method for communication and translation for selected one of a variety of data bus formats (International Business Machines Corporation)
• WO1999049415A2 — Versatile interface smart card (Gemplus)
• US6032178A — Method and arrangement for data transmission between units on a bus system selectively transmitting data in one of a first and a second data transmission configurations (Siemens Aktiengesellschaft)
• US6040714A — Method for providing two modes of I/O pad termination (Micron Electronics, Inc.)
• US6065096A — Integrated single chip dual mode raid controller (Lsi Logic Corporation)
• US6067589A — USB legacy support system (Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba)
• US6128673A — Method and apparatus for communication and translation of a plurality of digital protocols (Aronson; Michael D.)
• US6151645A — Computer communicates with two incompatible wireless peripherals using fewer transceivers (Gateway 2000, Inc.)
• US6168077B1 — Apparatus and method of providing a dual mode card and reader (Litronic, Inc.)
• US6195593B1 — Reusable modules for complex integrated circuit devices (Seiko Epson Corporation)
• US6334160B1 — Apparatus and method for providing multiple protocols through a common connector in a device (Hewlett-Packard Co.)
• US6400715B1 — Network address matching circuit and method (Texas Instruments Incorporated)
• US6439464B1 — Dual mode smart card and associated methods (Stmicroelectronics, Inc.)
• US6442734B1 — Method and apparatus for detecting the type of interface to which a peripheral device is connected (Microsoft Corporation)
• US6460094B1 — Peripheral device configured to detect the type of interface to which it is connected and configuring itself accordingly (Microsoft Corporation)
• US6493084B1 — Color measurement instrument with multiple protocol interface (X-Rite, Incorporated)
• US6535938B1 — Servo-amplifier for a multiaxis driving control system (Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha)

Abstract

An apparatus comprising an integrated circuit configured to operate in a plurality of signaling protocols. The integrated circuit may be configured to automatically select one of the plurality of signaling protocols in response to a signaling protocol of a connected bus.

Also asserted by Near Field Electronics LLC

• US 6,742,071 — Real-time I/O processor used to implement bus interface protocols (27 defendants)
• US 6,959,350 — Configurable USB interface with virtual register architecture (27 defendants)
• US 6,996,727 — Power supply for universal serial bus interface with programmable bus pullup resistor (27 defendants)
• US 7,373,531 — Signal detection method, frequency detection method, power consumption control method, signal detecting device, frequency detecting device, power consumption control device and electronic apparatus (27 defendants)