System and method for emulating serial port communication
First Claim
1. In a computer processing system having a processor including an operating system having computer-executable operating system instructions including instructions for communicating with a first serial device directly using a first medium according to a predefined input/output (I/O) hardware interface, a serial communication port emulation system to provide serial port communication over an alternate medium, comprising:
- the first serial device connected to said processor and operating under the control of said operating system, the first serial device having a receive port and a transmit port and having the predefined I/O hardware interface;
a second serial device connected to said processor and operating under the control of BIOS or driver software instructions executed on said processor, the first serial device and second serial device residing within said computer processing system, the second serial device having a receive port and a transmit port, the transmit port of the first serial device being in serial communication with the receive port of the second serial device, and the receive port of the first serial device being in serial communication with the transmit port of the second serial device; and
computer-executable instructions, responsive to serial port communication between the first serial device and the second serial device, to emulate serial communication port communication over the alternate medium and conveying a message on the alternate medium.
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Abstract
A method and system of emulating serial com port communication. A computer processing system has computer-executable operating system instructions including first instructions that interact with a first serial device according to a predefined input/output (I/O) hardware interface. A first serial device has a receive port and a transmit port and has the predefined (I/O) hardware interface. A second serial device has a receive port and a transmit port. The transmit port of the first serial device is in serial communication with the receive port of the second serial device, and the receive port of the first serial device is in serial communication with the transmit port of the second serial device. Computer-executable instructions emulate serial communication port device communication and include instructions that transmit information over another medium in response to receive requests from the second serial device.
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20 Claims
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1. In a computer processing system having a processor including an operating system having computer-executable operating system instructions including instructions for communicating with a first serial device directly using a first medium according to a predefined input/output (I/O) hardware interface, a serial communication port emulation system to provide serial port communication over an alternate medium, comprising:
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the first serial device connected to said processor and operating under the control of said operating system, the first serial device having a receive port and a transmit port and having the predefined I/O hardware interface; a second serial device connected to said processor and operating under the control of BIOS or driver software instructions executed on said processor, the first serial device and second serial device residing within said computer processing system, the second serial device having a receive port and a transmit port, the transmit port of the first serial device being in serial communication with the receive port of the second serial device, and the receive port of the first serial device being in serial communication with the transmit port of the second serial device; and computer-executable instructions, responsive to serial port communication between the first serial device and the second serial device, to emulate serial communication port communication over the alternate medium and conveying a message on the alternate medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of emulating serial communication port communication over an alternative transport in a computer processing system having a processor including an operating system, comprising:
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the operating system communicating a first message directly with a hardware interface of a first serial communication port device; the first serial communication port device connected to the processor and operating under the control of the operating system, said first serial communication port device sending the first message from the operating system on to a receive port of a second serial communication port device; the second serial communication port device connected to the processor and operating under the control of BIOS or driver software instructions executed on the same processor, the first and second serial communication port devices residing within said computer processing system, said second serial communication port device generating information indicative of the receipt of the first message; emulation logic, in response to the generated information, conveying the first message on the alternative transport to thereby emulate serial communication port communication on the alternative transport. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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