Network System with Message Binding for Appliances
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1. A network system comprising a processor and at least two nodes wherein the nodes communicate among themselves through exchange of messages by a message protocol enabled by a software architecture, characterized by:
- the message protocol including a packet structure comprising a payload portion wherein at least one bit represents a flag that is set to bind individual messages together for a complete snapshot of the state of a node for one scan of the processor, whereby meaningful dynamic and virtual data aggregation can occur regardless of changing states of the nodes.
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Abstract
A network system for an appliance has communication among components with a message protocol that includes a flag set to bind individual messages together for a complete snapshot of the state of an appliance component.
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1. A network system comprising a processor and at least two nodes wherein the nodes communicate among themselves through exchange of messages by a message protocol enabled by a software architecture, characterized by:
the message protocol including a packet structure comprising a payload portion wherein at least one bit represents a flag that is set to bind individual messages together for a complete snapshot of the state of a node for one scan of the processor, whereby meaningful dynamic and virtual data aggregation can occur regardless of changing states of the nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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