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Message processing device and method thereof and storage medium storing message processing control program

US6154156A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 5, 1999
Grant dateNov 28, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99942
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A message processing device for sending and receiving a message composed of one or more elements between different kinds of devices including a parse tree holding unit having a function of holding a parse tree generated from syntax descriptions which define structure of a message sent or received, a parse tree scanning unit connected to the parse tree holding unit and having a function of scanning the parse tree as message data to be processed is applied, encoding and decoding a value and outputting encoded and decoded values, a preamble processing unit connected to the parse tree scanning unit and having a function of processing a preamble field of a message for use in indicating whether an element exists or not in the message data sent or received, and an index processing unit connected to the parse tree scanning unit and having a function of processing an index field of a message for use in indicating what number of element is selected in the message data whose one of a plurality of elements is selected to be sent or received.

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