An agent retrieves a request, which is part of a bus transaction, from a bus. The agent then stores an identifier of the bus transaction and responds to the bus transaction after a predetermined period of time, provided the agent was not the target of the request and the target agent did not respond....http://www.google.fr/patents/US6108735?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US6108735 - Method and apparatus for responding to unclaimed bus transactions
Method and apparatus for responding to unclaimed bus transactions