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US 2010/0169522 A1Published application
Method and apparatus to defer usb transactions
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorBruce FLEMING
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided that include providing a transaction data structure, and monitoring the transaction data structure for a predetermined amount of time. A link between a bus device and a host controller may be provided into a low power state in response to the monitored transaction data structure.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- logic to issue a transaction;
- logic to monitor a transaction data structure for a prescribed amount of time;
- and
- logic to provide a link between a bus device and a host controller in a low power state based on the monitored transaction data structure.
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A method comprising:
- providing a transaction data structure;
- monitoring the transaction data structure for a predetermined amount of time;
- and
- providing a link into a low power state in response to monitoring the transaction data structure, the link provided between a bus device and a host controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.