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Method and protocol for diagnostics of arbitrarily complex networks of devices

  • US 20050251604A1
  • Filed: 03/31/2005
  • Published: 11/10/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a network including multiple computer devices coupled to at least one communication bus utilizing a communication bus protocol, a computer data signal embodied in an electrical signal represented as a plurality of bits for communicating a message over the network, said computer data signal comprising:

  • a transport portion supporting transport layer functions compatible with the communication bus protocol of the at least one communication bus over which the message is transmitted; and

    a common transport portion operably connected to said transport portion and supporting transport layer functions, said common transport portion enabling the message to be abstracted from the communication bus protocol.

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