A peripheral interface system and apparatus including a pair of integrated circuits, referred to as a system adapter and a socket controller, use a communication protocol, referred to as a windowed-interchip-communication protocol, to interface peripherals, such as PCMCIA cards or infrared devices, and...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US5905885?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5905885 - Method and apparatus for interfacing between peripherals of multiple formats and a single system bus
