N to 1 intelligent multiplexor
US6862633B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 26, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07G1/14
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A multiplexor is designed to receive data from a plurality of data sources. As the multiplexor receives data from data sources, its programmable logic device codes each stream of data with a header and a footer and a data stream segment between them having a prescribed number of characters. A message from any particular data source may be coded into a plurality of separate data stream segments. The multiplexor sequences to the next data source when a data stream having the prescribed number of bytes has been captured and returns to that data source only after data streams of the same prescribed number of characters have been captured from the other data sources in a sequential manner. Data so coded is forwarded to a storage device that may store the data on any suitable storage medium for later retrieval.
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