Method and apparatus for providing a shared message
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing a command to update a configurable address of one or more communication nodes in a communication system so as to be able to receive shared data; and
providing the shared data and a destination address so that one or more communication nodes process the shared data if either their respective unique address or configurable address matches the destination address.
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Abstract
According to some embodiments of the present invention provides a new and unique technique to extend a point-to-point communication with a point-to-multipoint feature. Each end node has, beside a unique address, a configurable address that can be updated via some configuration means from a control entity. The unique address is a dedicated address. Different end node can have the same configurable address. The sender of a message or packet must be aware of the used addresses in the system. The technique does not require any changes to the normal data communication protocol. The messages or packets are unchanged. The implementation is done on the sender side and in the end node. Each message or frame or packet contains only one address. Each message and packet is received by each end node. A message is used by an end node if the unique or configurable address is matching. Beside that there is a possibility that the filtering is done by a hub that is selecting the right end node according the port definition (each output port has a dedicated unique address and configurable address). Moreover, the shared image frame has been sent once by the sender, which results in lower power consumption and less load on the sender.
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43 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a command to update a configurable address of one or more communication nodes in a communication system so as to be able to receive shared data; and providing the shared data and a destination address so that one or more communication nodes process the shared data if either their respective unique address or configurable address matches the destination address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 19, 20, 21)
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7. Apparatus comprising:
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one or more modules configured for providing a command to update a configurable address of one and more communication nodes in a communication system so as to be able to receive shared data; and one or more modules configured for providing the shared data and a destination address so that one or more communication nodes process the shared data if either their respective unique address or configurable address matches the destination address. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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one node, point, terminal or device having one or more modules configured for providing a command to update a configurable address of one or more communication nodes in a communication system so as to be able to receive shared data, and for also providing the shared data and a destination address; and another node, point, terminal or device having one or more modules configured for receiving the command and updating the configurable address so as to be able to receive the shared data, and for also receiving the shared data and the destination address and processing the shared data if either its respective unique address or configurable address matches the destination address. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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22. Apparatus comprising:
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means for providing a command to update a configurable address of one or more communication nodes in a communication system so as to be able to receive shared data; and means for providing the shared data and a destination address so that one or more communication nodes process the shared data if either their respective unique address or configurable address matches the destination address.
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23. A method comprising:
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receiving in a communication node in a communication system a command to update a configurable address so as to be able to receive shared data; and receiving in the communication node the shared data and a destination address so that the communication node processes the shared data if either its respective unique address or configurable address matches the destination address. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, 35)
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29. Apparatus comprising:
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one or more modules configured for receiving in a communication node in a communication system a command to update a configurable address so as to be able to receive shared data; and one or more modules configured for receiving in the communication node the shared data and a destination address so that the communication node processes the shared data if either its respective unique address or configurable address matches the destination address. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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36. A method comprising:
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updating a configurable address of a communication node in a communication system so as to be able to receive shared data; and processing the shared data in the communication node if either its respective unique address or configurable address matches a destination address associated with the shared data.
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37. Apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving in a communication node in a communication system a command to update a configurable address so as to be able to receive shared data; and means for receiving in the communication node the shared data and a destination address so that the communication node processes the shared data if either its respective unique address or configurable address matches the destination address.
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