Method and apparatus for storing interface information in a computer system
US5579482A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 26, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An interface file structure for allowing transfer of information between nodes in a network and a binding process for configuring nodes in the network. The interface offers an advantageous format designed to provide for minimal reading and writing of records while requiring minimal storage space per record. Further, an advantageous format for storing numeric information is disclosed in which information providing the number of buffers allocated and the size of such buffers is stored in a single nibble thus reducing required storage space.
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