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SAFETY NETWORKING PROTOCOL AND METHOD

  • US 20170078455A1
  • Filed: 09/16/2015
  • Published: 03/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A protocol for communicating data via a distributed networking system comprising:

  • information about modules communicably connected to the system, the modules comprising a control module;

    a descriptor providing at least part of the information about the modules; and

    a safe state environment compliant with a safety standard managed by the control module;

    wherein the protocol is operable via a transport layer of a network;

    wherein at least part of the network on which the protocol operates is a safety network managed by the control module to facilitate reliable communication and substantially prevent unsafe failure conditions in compliance with the safety standard;

    wherein the safety network is encapsulated via a safety protocol within the network, the safety network comprising enhanced error detection to substantially prohibit acceptance of the data that is analyzed with the enhanced error detection and determined to be unsafe within the safety network.

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