Patent ID: 7630304
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of recovering overflowed data at an I2C source port buffer on an I2C router, comprising: resending said overflowed data to a first I2C source port buffer, said I2C router further comprising a I2C destination port and a second I2C source port buffer, said I2C destination port comprising: receiving said overflowed data at said first I2C source port buffer; capturing said I2C destination port if said I2C destination port remains busy for a predetermined period of time after said overflowed data was received at said first I2C source port buffer and the storage capacity of said first I2C source port buffer has reached a predetermined point; and transmitting all data in accordance with operations of said controller, including said overflowed data, from said first I2C source port buffer to said I2C destination port.