US Patent Application 17664806. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES USING A PROTOCOL simplified abstract

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ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES USING A PROTOCOL

Organization Name

International Business Machines Corporation

Inventor(s)

Timothy Andrew Moran of Southampton (GB)

Dominic Tomkins of Alton (GB)

Warren Hawkins of Winchester (GB)

Nicholas Michael O'rourke of Southampton (GB)

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES USING A PROTOCOL - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17664806 titled 'ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES USING A PROTOCOL

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a method for communication between devices using protocol commands.

  • The method involves accessing a key that maps different patterns of stimuli and protocol commands to messages.
  • A device sends a pattern of stimuli to prompt a corresponding pattern of protocol commands to be sent to other devices of the same type.
  • The protocol commands are compliant with the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) specification.
  • A specific pattern of protocol command stimuli can be sent to communicate a mapped message to other devices.


Original Abstract Submitted

Communication between target devices using protocol commands being carried out by a target device includes accessing a key for mapping of a plurality of defined patterns of stimuli and defined patterns of resultant protocol commands to a plurality of messages. A defined pattern of stimuli is sent from a target device to an initiator device to prompt a resultant defined pattern of protocol commands to be sent from the initiator device to all target devices that identify as the same device. The protocol commands including Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) specification compliant commands. A selected pattern of protocol command stimuli is sent from a first target device to the initiator device to prompt a resultant pattern of protocol commands from the initiator device to all target devices that identify as the same device thereby communicating the mapped message to other target devices.

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