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POLLING DETERMINATION

  • US 20150095524A1
  • Filed: 09/28/2013
  • Published: 04/02/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining a polling rate for an input/output (I/O) device communicatively coupled to a host device, the method comprising:

  • polling the I/O device for data from the I/O device;

    receiving the data from the I/O device at the host device as a result of the polling;

    determining whether the data received is the same as data received at a previous polling of the I/O device, wherein determining whether the data is the same as data received at a previous polling comprises;

    sampling the data a plurality of times previous to a current sample; and

    determining whether the data received in the current sample is different from the average data received during the plurality of times;

    decreasing the polling rate if the data is the same; and

    , if it is not the same, increasing the polling rate.

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