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Application programming interface for managing and automating data transfer operations between applications over a bus structure

  • US 5,991,520 A
  • Filed: 02/02/1996
  • Issued: 11/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An interface between an application and a bus structure for controlling data transfers to and from the application over the bus structure comprising:

  • a. means for controlling asynchronous data transfers between the application and the bus structure for providing a memory-mapped interface to the application, wherein the means for controlling asynchronous data transfers automatically generates requests necessary to complete an asynchronous transfer of data across the bus structure;

    b. means for controlling isochronous data transfers between the application and the bus structure including a linked list of buffers.

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