Patent · US Expired

Providing additional channels for an MSL architecture

US7555584B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims
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Filing dateSep 29, 2004
Grant dateJun 30, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 18, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/189
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus relating to defining additional channels in an interprocessor communication system having broadcast and non-broadcast channels. A broadcast identifier may be sent on a channel defined to be non-broadcast, generating an additional broadcast channel outside the interprocessor communication protocol definition. Likewise a device-specific identifier may be sent on a channel defined to be a broadcast channel, generating an additional non-broadcast channel outside the interprocessor communication protocol definition.

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