System and method for communicating with an appliance through an optical interface using a control panel indicator
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1. A communication interface comprising:
- a physical layer for communicating data streams between two computers through at least one indicator of a control panel for operating an apparatus;
a framing layer within one of the two computers, the framing layer for communicating data streams with the physical layer and for generating frames having a frame start delimiter and a frame stop delimiter;
a transport layer for verifying frames communicated with the framing layer; and
a dispatch layer for correlating a verified frame with an application executing within the apparatus so that a frame may be communicated between the dispatch layer and the correlated application.
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Abstract
The invention is a communication management module for effectively controlling an optical interface that uses a control panel indicator in an appliance for communication. The module includes a physical, framing, transport, dispatch, and application layers. The module is implemented to verify the integrity of data frames and to correlate data frames and responses with applications in the application layer.
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1. A communication interface comprising:
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a physical layer for communicating data streams between two computers through at least one indicator of a control panel for operating an apparatus;
a framing layer within one of the two computers, the framing layer for communicating data streams with the physical layer and for generating frames having a frame start delimiter and a frame stop delimiter;
a transport layer for verifying frames communicated with the framing layer; and
a dispatch layer for correlating a verified frame with an application executing within the apparatus so that a frame may be communicated between the dispatch layer and the correlated application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for communicating between two computers comprising:
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communicating data streams between two computers through at least one indicator lamp of a control panel for operating an apparatus;
generating a frame from one of the data streams, the frame having a frame start delimiter and a frame stop delimiter;
verifying a frame generated from a data stream; and
correlating a verified frame with an application executing with the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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