CA2310275A1 - Apparent network interface for and between embedded and host processors - Google Patents

Apparent network interface for and between embedded and host processors Download PDF

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CA2310275A1
CA2310275A1 CA002310275A CA2310275A CA2310275A1 CA 2310275 A1 CA2310275 A1 CA 2310275A1 CA 002310275 A CA002310275 A CA 002310275A CA 2310275 A CA2310275 A CA 2310275A CA 2310275 A1 CA2310275 A1 CA 2310275A1
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Michael J. Wilt
Todd Andrew Ballantyne
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    • G06F13/00—Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units
    • G06F13/10—Program control for peripheral devices
    • G06F13/105—Program control for peripheral devices where the programme performs an input/output emulation function
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    • G06F13/00—Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units
    • G06F13/10—Program control for peripheral devices
    • G06F13/12—Program control for peripheral devices using hardware independent of the central processor, e.g. channel or peripheral processor
    • G06F13/124—Program control for peripheral devices using hardware independent of the central processor, e.g. channel or peripheral processor where hardware is a sequential transfer control unit, e.g. microprocessor, peripheral processor or state-machine
    • G06F13/128—Program control for peripheral devices using hardware independent of the central processor, e.g. channel or peripheral processor where hardware is a sequential transfer control unit, e.g. microprocessor, peripheral processor or state-machine for dedicated transfers to a network

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An apparent network interface (30) permits an embedded processor (20) to communicate to a host processor (2) using standard network communication mechanisms/protocols such as TCP/IP, NFS, FTP, HTTP, etc. The web server protocol HTTP is particularly useful because it permits the embedded computer to publish a user interface for remote monitoring and remote control using a standard web browser application. The invention provides the host computer (10) with an apparent network interface (30) that appears to be a standard network device, such as an Ethernet interface card. This apparent network interface (30) communicates directly with the embedded processor (20) which appears to be a device on the apparent network.
Significant cost savings and performance enhancements are realized by implementing the communication directly over the host computer's peripheral bus (6) rather than using standard network hardware such a Ethernet hardware.
CA002310275A 1997-11-26 1998-11-12 Apparent network interface for and between embedded and host processors Expired - Fee Related CA2310275C (en)

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US6658397P 1997-11-26 1997-11-26
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US09/030,411 US6308234B1 (en) 1997-10-17 1998-02-25 Flexible processing hardware architecture
US09/030,411 1998-02-25
PCT/US1998/024362 WO1999027456A1 (en) 1997-11-26 1998-11-12 Apparent network interface for and between embedded and host processors

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