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Processing messages having categorized contents

  • US 20040221015A1
  • Filed: 04/30/2003
  • Published: 11/04/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for processing messages communicated between components in a digital system each message having a category identifier identifying a category of commands, and a command identifier identifying a command which is a member of the category identified by the category identifier, the apparatus comprising:

  • a message handler that receives component-generated messages; and

    a data structure, accessible by the message handler, comprising;

    at least one list of one or more command elements, wherein the command elements within each list correspond to commands which are members of a same category, and an array of at least one category element each corresponding to a category and including a reference to a command element list, wherein the command elements of the referenced list each correspond to a command which is a member of the category which corresponds to the referencing category element.

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