US Patent 7613864 Device sharing

Patent 7613864 was granted and assigned to Sun Microsystems on November, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Sun Microsystems

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

76138640

Patent Inventor Names

Bjørn Dag Johnsen0

Ola Tørudbakken0

Date of Patent

November 3, 2009

Patent Application Number

112913140

Date Filed

December 1, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Mark Rinehart

Patent abstract

An interconnect apparatus, for example a switch, supports PCI-Express. The apparatus has a first plurality of ports configurable as upstream ports, each connectable to a respective host, and at least one port configurable as a downstream port connectable to a device. The apparatus is operable to support sharing of the device resources between hosts.