Patent ID: 6067317
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A data communications system comprising:a host processor;a data communications client in communications with said host processor, said data communications client including a control means, a memory resource and one or more input/output (I/O) resources, wherein said control means is operable to provide supervision over communications to or from said memory resource and said I/O resource; anda resource port in communication with said host processor and said data communications client, said resource port including a bus bridge operative to overcome a disparity in bus width between said host processor and said data communications client and an interrupt manager operable to handle multiple input requests from said data communications client and to generate an output interrupt request to said host processor, andsaid resource port providing a direct communications path between said host processor and one or more of said data communications client resources whereby said host processor is enabled to directly access said data communications resources without involvement of said control means.