Transaction flow control using credit and token management

US2015026041A1 · US · A1

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Publication numberUS-2015026041-A1
Application numberUS-201313944462-A
CountryUS
Kind codeA1
Filing dateJul 17, 2013
Priority dateJul 17, 2013
Publication dateJan 22, 2015
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Embodiments of a local interface unit are disclosed that may allow for managing credits and tokens as part of flow control method. The local interface unit may include a transmit unit and a receive unit. The transmit unit may be configured to receive credits and tokens, determine an available number of credits based on the number received tokens, determine an available number of tokens based on the number of received tokens, and send the available credits to an arbitration unit. The available credits may then be updated, by the transmit unit in response to receiving a selected transaction from the arbitration, and the transmit unit may then transmit the selected transaction, and update the available credits and the available tokens once the transaction has been sent. The receive unit may be configured to send credits and tokens to a transmit unit, and receive a transaction sent by a transmit unit.

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What is claimed is: 1 . A local interface unit, comprising: a transmit unit coupled to a communication bus, wherein the transmit unit is configured to: receive one or more credits from a destination receive unit; receive one or more tokens from the destination receive unit; determine available credits dependent upon the received one or more credits and the received one or more tokens; determine available tokens dependent upon the received one or more tokens; send the av…

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What does patent US2015026041A1 cover?
Embodiments of a local interface unit are disclosed that may allow for managing credits and tokens as part of flow control method. The local interface unit may include a transmit unit and a receive unit. The transmit unit may be configured to receive credits and tokens, determine an available number of credits based on the number received tokens, determine an available number of tokens based on…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Apple Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06Q20/24. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Thu Jan 22 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (A1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).