Power bus information transmission system and method of data transmission
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1. A power bus data transmission system comprising:
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a power bus coupled to each of the modems with data transmissions between the modems being transmitted by the power bus with a power bus data transmission protocol;
a plurality of processors which use a common processor data protocol, each processor being coupled to one of the modems; and
a plurality of devices, each device receiving and/or transmitting data transmissions with a device data protocol and being coupled to a processor; and
wherein each processor translates data transmissions in a device data protocol received from a device into the common processor protocol which are transmitted to a modem coupled thereto and translates data transmissions received from a modem in the common data processor protocol into the device data protocol of the device coupled thereto which is transmitted to the device coupled thereto and each modem modulates data transmissions received from the processor coupled thereto into the power bus data transmission protocol which are transmitted by the power bus and demodulates data transmissions received from another modem in the power bus data transmission protocol into the common processor protocol and transmits the data transmission in the common processor protocol to the processor coupled thereto.
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Abstract
The invention is a power bus data transmission system (10) and method of data transmission. An existing system power bus functions (22) as the backbone data transmission network for transmitting data transmissions between at least one new device and at least one other device in an existing system (11) without the addition of new wiring to transmit the data transmissions. Assemblies of processors (40), device interfaces (50) and modems (130) may be used to connect the devices (12, 14, 16, 18) to the system power bus.
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31 Claims
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1. A power bus data transmission system comprising:
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a plurality of modems;
a power bus coupled to each of the modems with data transmissions between the modems being transmitted by the power bus with a power bus data transmission protocol;
a plurality of processors which use a common processor data protocol, each processor being coupled to one of the modems; and
a plurality of devices, each device receiving and/or transmitting data transmissions with a device data protocol and being coupled to a processor; and
whereineach processor translates data transmissions in a device data protocol received from a device into the common processor protocol which are transmitted to a modem coupled thereto and translates data transmissions received from a modem in the common data processor protocol into the device data protocol of the device coupled thereto which is transmitted to the device coupled thereto and each modem modulates data transmissions received from the processor coupled thereto into the power bus data transmission protocol which are transmitted by the power bus and demodulates data transmissions received from another modem in the power bus data transmission protocol into the common processor protocol and transmits the data transmission in the common processor protocol to the processor coupled thereto. - View Dependent Claims (4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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2. A power bus data transmission system comprising:
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a plurality of modems;
a power bus coupled to each of the modems with data transmissions between the modems being transmitted by the power bus with a power bus data transmission protocol;
a plurality of processors which use a common processor data protocol, each processor being coupled to one of the modems;
a plurality of devices, each device receiving and/or transmitting data transmissions with a device data protocol and being coupled to a processor; and
a plurality of device interfaces, each device interface being coupled to a device and a processor and modifying timing of data transmissions between the device and processor coupled thereto and/or buffering the data transmissions between the device and the processor coupled thereto; and
whereineach processor translates data transmissions in a device data protocol received from a device into the common processor protocol which are transmitted to a modem coupled thereto and translates data transmissions received from a modem in the common data processor protocol into the device data protocol of the device coupled thereto which is transmitted to the device coupled thereto and each modem modulates data transmissions received from the processor coupled thereto into the power bus data transmission protocol which are transmitted by the power bus and demodulates data transmissions received from another modem in the power bus data transmission protocol into the common processor protocol and transmits the data transmission in the common processor protocol to the processor coupled thereto. - View Dependent Claims (5, 16, 23)
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3. A power bus data transmission system comprising:
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a plurality of modems;
a power bus coupled to each of the modems with data transmissions between the modems being transmitted by the power bus with a power bus data transmission protocol;
a plurality of processors which use a common processor data protocol, each processor being coupled to one of the modems;
a plurality of devices, each device receiving and/or transmitting data transmissions with a device data protocol and being coupled to a processor; and
a plurality of device interfaces, each device interface being coupled to a device and a processor and modifying timing of data transmissions between the device and processor coupled thereto and/or buffering the data transmissions between the device and the processor coupled thereto; and
whereineach processor translates data transmissions in a device data protocol received from a device into the common processor protocol which are transmitted to a modem coupled thereto and translates data transmissions received from a modem in the common data processor protocol into the device data protocol of the device coupled thereto which is transmitted to the device coupled thereto and each modem modulates data transmissions received from the processor coupled thereto into the power bus data transmission protocol which are transmitted by the power bus and demodulates data transmissions received from another modem in the power bus data transmission protocol into the common processor protocol and transmits the data transmission in the common processor protocol to the processor coupled thereto, and each device interface converts data transmission outputs from the device into a configuration to match integrated circuit inputs of the processor coupled thereto. - View Dependent Claims (6, 24)
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25. A method of data transmission using a power bus data transmission system including a plurality of modems, a system power bus coupled to each of the modems with data transmissions between the modems being transmitted by the power bus with a power bus data transmission protocol, a plurality of processors which use a common processor data protocol, each processor being coupled to one of the modems, and a plurality of devices, each device receiving and/or transmitting data transmissions with a device data protocol and being coupled to a processor comprising:
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each processor translating data transmissions in a device data protocol received from a device into the common processor protocol which are transmitted to a modem coupled thereto and translating data transmissions received from a modem in the common data processor protocol into the device data protocol of the device coupled thereto which is transmitted to the device coupled thereto; and
each modem modulates data transmissions received from the processor coupled thereto into the power bus data transmission protocol which are transmitted by the system power bus and demodulates data transmissions received from another modem in the power bus data transmission protocol into the common processor protocol and transmits the data transmissions in the common processor protocol to the processor coupled thereto.
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26. A method of data transmission using a power bus data transmission system including a plurality of modems, a system power bus coupled to each of the modems with data transmissions between the modems being transmitted by the power bus with a power bus data transmission protocol, a plurality of processors which use a common processor data protocol, each processor being coupled to one of the modems, a plurality of devices, each device receiving and/or transmitting data transmissions with a device data protocol and being coupled to a processor and a plurality of device interfaces comprising:
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each processor translating data transmissions in a device data protocol received from a device into the common processor protocol which are transmitted to a modem coupled thereto and translating data transmissions received from a modem in the common data processor protocol into the device data protocol of the device coupled thereto which is transmitted to the device coupled thereto; and
each modem modulates data transmissions received from the processor coupled thereto into the power bus data transmission protocol which are transmitted by the system power bus and demodulates data transmissions received from another modem in the power bus data transmission protocol into the common processor protocol and transmits the data transmissions in the common processor protocol to the processor coupled thereto; and
whereineach device interface is coupled to a device and a processor and modifies timing of data transmissions between the device and processor coupled thereto and/or buffers the data transmissions between the device and the processor coupled thereto.
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27. A method of data transmission using a power bus data transmission system including a plurality of modems, a system power bus coupled to each of the modems with data transmissions between the modems being transmitted by the power bus with a power bus data transmission protocol, a plurality of processors which use a common processor data protocol, each processor being coupled to one of the modems, and a plurality of devices, each device receiving and/or transmitting data transmissions with a device data protocol and being coupled to a processor and a plurality of device interfaces comprising:
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each processor translating data transmissions in a device data protocol received from a device into the common processor protocol which are transmitted to a modem coupled thereto and translating data transmissions received from a modem in the common data processor protocol into the device data protocol of the device coupled thereto which is transmitted to the device coupled thereto; and
each modem modulates data transmissions received from the processor coupled thereto into the power bus data transmission protocol which are transmitted by the system power bus and demodulates data transmissions received from another modem in the power bus data transmission protocol into the common processor protocol and transmits the data transmissions in the common processor protocol to the processor coupled thereto; and
whereineach device interface is coupled to a device and a processor and modifies timing of data transmissions between the device and processor coupled thereto and/or buffers the data transmissions between the device and the processor coupled thereto; and
each device interface converts data transmission outputs from the device into a configuration to match integrated circuit inputs of the processor coupled thereto.
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