Data-driven interface control circuit
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1. A computer system comprising:
- at least one processor node having a circuit control module;
a generic device driver;
a generic device agent; and
at least one device type among a plurality of different device types, wherein said generic device driver and said generic device agent are configured such that if data is available then data is exchanged between said circuit control module and any of said plurality of device types;
wherein said generic device agent is operationally connected to a shared relational database.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for an improvement of a computer network by bringing commonality down to the device driver level. The computer network having at least one processor node having a circuit control module and a plurality of dedicated combinations of device driver and device object. Each of the dedicated combinations is capable of exchanging data between a circuit control module and one device type of a plurality of device types. The dedicated combinations of the device driver and the device object are replaced by a generic device driver and generic device agent capable of exchanging data between the circuit control module and any one of the plurality of device types.
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35 Claims
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1. A computer system comprising:
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at least one processor node having a circuit control module; a generic device driver; a generic device agent; and at least one device type among a plurality of different device types, wherein said generic device driver and said generic device agent are configured such that if data is available then data is exchanged between said circuit control module and any of said plurality of device types;
wherein said generic device agent is operationally connected to a shared relational database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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11. A computer system comprising:
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at least one processor node having a circuit control module; a generic device driver; a generic device agent; and at least one device type among a plurality of different device types, wherein said generic device driver and said generic device agent are configured such that if data is avalilable then data is exchanged between said circuit control module and any of said plurality of device types; wherein said computer system comprises a point-to-multipoint communication system; wherein said communications system operates in the millimeter wave frequency spectrum; wherein said communications system is a time division multiple access system; and
,wherein the data density within each frame is dynamically variable.
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14. A computer system comprising:
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at least one processor node having a circuit control module; a generic device driver; a generic device agent; and at least one device type among a plurality of different device types, wherein said generic device driver and said generic device agent are configured such that if data is avalilable then data is exchanged between said circuit control module and any of said plurality of device types; wherein said computer system comprises a point-to-multipoint communication system; wherein said communications system operates in the millimeter wave frequency spectrum; wherein said communications system is a time division multiple access system; wherein said communications system is an adaptive time division duplex system; and
,wherein the forward/reverse ratio is dynamically configurable.
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19. A computer system comprising:
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a plurality of processor nodes; a plurality of control agents operationally connected to each of said plurality of processor nodes; a generic device driver; a generic device agent; and at least one device type among a plurality of different device types, wherein the generic device driver and the generic device agent are configured such that if data is avaliable then data is exchanged between said control agent and any one of said plurality of device types; wherein said computer system comprises a point-to-multipoint communication system; wherein said communications system operates in the millimeter wave frequency spectrum; wherein said communications system is a time division multiple access system; and
,wherein the data density within each frame is dynamically variable.
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20. A computer system comprising:
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a plurality of processor nodes; a plurality of control agents operationally connected to each of said plurality of processor nodes; a generic device driver; a generic device agent; and at least one device type among a plurality of different device types, wherein the generic device driver and the generic device agent are configured such that if data is avaliable then data is exchanged between said control agent and any one of said plurality of device types; wherein said computer system comprises a point-to-multipoint communication system; wherein said communications system operates in the millimeter wave frequency spectrum; wherein said communications system is a time division multiple access system; wherein said communications system is an adaptive time division duplex system; and
,wherein the forward/reverse ratio is dynamically configurable.
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21. A computer system comprising:
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a plurality of processor nodes; a plurality of control agents operationally connected to each of said plurality of processor nodes; a generic device driver; a generic device agent; and at least one device type among a plurality of different device types, wherein the generic device driver and the generic device agent are configured such that if data is available then data is exchanged between said control agent and any one of said plurality of device types;
wherein said generic device agent is operationally connected to a shared relational database. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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