Method for intelligent data terminal equipment (DTE) data communication
First Claim
1. In a data terminal equipment (DTE) device including, in intercommunication, a command interpreter block and a plurality of control blocks in communication with a digital communication equipment (DCE) device, a method of digital communication between the devices, comprising the steps of:
- A. initiating the digital communication by transmitting within the DTE one command from a DTE command set to the command interpreter block, the DTE command set having no field reserved for data that is to be transmitted to another DTE;
B. decoding the command;
C. directing the decoded command from the command interpreter to one of the control blocks;
D. converting the decoded command into a signal representative of the decoded command; and
E. transmitting the signal from the control block to the DCE.
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Abstract
Method for two-way digital communication between Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) and Data Communication Equipment (DCE), includes a novel command set. The inventive method involves initiating communication by transmitting one command from a set of DTE commands to the command interpreter block. That block interprets the command, and acts on the command, directing the command to the appropriate control block. The control block receiving the decoded command then executes the command by sending a signal representative of the command to a hardware interface device which transmits the signal to the receiving DCE.
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1. In a data terminal equipment (DTE) device including, in intercommunication, a command interpreter block and a plurality of control blocks in communication with a digital communication equipment (DCE) device, a method of digital communication between the devices, comprising the steps of:
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A. initiating the digital communication by transmitting within the DTE one command from a DTE command set to the command interpreter block, the DTE command set having no field reserved for data that is to be transmitted to another DTE; B. decoding the command; C. directing the decoded command from the command interpreter to one of the control blocks; D. converting the decoded command into a signal representative of the decoded command; and E. transmitting the signal from the control block to the DCE. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. In a data terminal equipment (DTE) device including, in intercommunication, a command interpreter block and a plurality of control blocks within a single memory device, and a hardware interface device in communication with a digital communication equipment (DCE) device, a method comprising the steps of:
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A. transmitting within the DTE one command from a DTE command set to the command interpreter block, the DTE command set having no field reserved for data that is to be transmitted to another DTE; B. decoding the command in the command interpreter block; C. directing the decoded command from the command interpreter to one of the control blocks, the plurality of control blocks comprising; a data flow control block, a mode set-up sync/async block, and a line control block; D. converting the decoded command in the control block into a signal representative of the decoded command; and E. transmitting the signal from the control block to the hardware interface device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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