System and method for distributed device control
First Claim
1. A method in the kernel of an operating system comprising:
- receiving in the kernel of an operating system at least one request regarding at least one designated device of a plurality of devices from at least one application program;
communicating the at least one request from the kernel of the operating system to the at least one designated device via a well known communication protocol;
receiving in the kernel of the operating system information from the at least one designated device; and
forwarding the information from the kernel of the operating system to the application program that sent the request.
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Abstract
System and method for distributed device control. The method may be implemented in the kernel of an operating system and may include receiving at least one request regarding at least one designated device of a plurality of devices from at least one application program. The request is then communicated to the designated device(s) via a well-known communication protocol. Information is then received from the designated device and forwarded to the application program that sent the request. The system may include a processor and a memory coupled to a bus, at least one application program, and a communications server integrated with an operating system. The communication server passes information between the application program and devices using a communication protocol. The communication protocol in the method and system may be the User Datagram Protocol/Internet Protocol (UDP/IP).
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23 Claims
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1. A method in the kernel of an operating system comprising:
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receiving in the kernel of an operating system at least one request regarding at least one designated device of a plurality of devices from at least one application program;
communicating the at least one request from the kernel of the operating system to the at least one designated device via a well known communication protocol;
receiving in the kernel of the operating system information from the at least one designated device; and
forwarding the information from the kernel of the operating system to the application program that sent the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a processor and a memory coupled to a bus;
at least one application program;
a communications server to pass information between the at least one application program and at least one of a plurality of devices via a communication protocol, the communications server integrated within a kernel of an operating system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions which when executed by a processor cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
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receiving in the kernel of an operating system at least one request regarding at least one designated device of a plurality of devices from at least one application program;
communicating the at least one request from the kernel of the operating system to the at least one designated device via a well known communication protocol;
receiving in the kernel of the operating system information from the at least one designated device; and
forwarding the information from the kernel of the operating system to the application program that sent the request. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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