Common device interface
US7032228B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 1, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0683
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A common device interface for facilitating communication exchanges between physical transport drivers and higher-level software emulations. The common device interface is defined by an input/output control block (IOCB) data structure that allows those portions of different emulations and physical transport drivers that interact with each other to be generic. Thus, the emulation need not know or be concerned with the underlying characteristics of the type of physical transport driver with which it is communicating.
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