FLOW COMPUTERS HAVING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL INTERFACES AND RELATED METHODS
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a request to be sent to a wireless device in a network of wireless devices, the request to be received via a remote terminal unit application executed on a processor within a flow computer; and
communicating the request to the wireless device via a communications interface module, the communications interface module to be communicatively coupled to the processor via a backplane contained within a housing of the flow computer, the backplane to provide communications according to a high speed data bus communications protocol.
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Abstract
Flow computers having wireless communication protocol interfaces and related methods are disclosed. In one example, a method involves receiving a request to be sent to a wireless device in a network of wireless devices, the request to be received via a remote terminal unit application executed on a processor within a flow computer, and communicating the request to the wireless device via a communications interface module, the communications interface module to be communicatively coupled to the processor via a backplane contained within a housing of the flow computer, the backplane to provide communications according to a high speed data bus communications protocol.
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24 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a request to be sent to a wireless device in a network of wireless devices, the request to be received via a remote terminal unit application executed on a processor within a flow computer; and communicating the request to the wireless device via a communications interface module, the communications interface module to be communicatively coupled to the processor via a backplane contained within a housing of the flow computer, the backplane to provide communications according to a high speed data bus communications protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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a communications interface module to communicate with a network of one or more wireless devices according to a wireless communications protocol; a local processor to execute a remote terminal unit application, the remote terminal unit application to communicate with the devices in the network via the communications interface module; and a backplane to communicatively couple the remote terminal unit application and the communications interface module according to a high speed data bus communications protocol. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A tangible article of manufacture storing machine readable instructions, which when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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receive a request to be sent to a wireless device in a network or wireless devices, the request to be received via a remote terminal unit application executed on a processor within a flow computer; and communicate the request to the wireless device via a communications interface module, the communications interface module to be communicatively coupled to the processor via a backplane contained within a housing of the flow computer, the backplane to provide communications according to a high speed data bus communications protocol. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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