International Business Machines Corporation

Robert V Miller

Thomas K Pate

Victor S Moore

Simon C Chu

Dean Alan Kalman

Akram Bou-Ghannam

Andrew B McNeill

Sujatha Pothireddy

Layton Balliet

Gerald U Merckel

Richard Christopher Fore

Joseph A Boscove

Richard N Ames

Richard V Ballou

William Craig Troop

Peter Langer

Stanley M Belyeu

Marty Eugene Turner

Nicholas J Schwartz

Frederick T Slater

Stanford A Strickland

Robert Paul Rowe

A method and system for indexing adapters within a data processing system where the data processing system contains multiple existing adapters, where each of the multiple existing adapters is identified by particular indexing data. All adapters within the data processing system are scanned. A determination of whether or not any additional adapters have been added to the data processing system in addition to the multiple existing adapters is made. Particular indexing data is assigned to any additional adapters in response to determining that additional adapters have been added to the data processing system, where any additional adapters added to the data processing system are indexed into the data processing system without changing the particular indexing data of each of the multiple existing adapters.

Method and system for indexing adapters within a data processing system

A Cellular Data Network (CDN) identifies, collects and utilizes otherwise unused or unusable air time, in an existing Advanced Mobile Telephone System (AMPS). A Digital Cellular Overlay Network (DCON) is provided for performing CDN utilizing an underlying AMPS, where the DCON is transparent, with respect to the AMPS, and takes full advantage of existing AMPS equipment to keep the cost of performing CDN to a minimum. The resulting digital network may be used for high speed non-interfering data communications, i.e., data communications that do not degrade the underlying system's capacity and capability (qualitatively) to handle voice traffic. Expanded use of well-known radio control signals, in particular 'busy bits' and 'dotting sequences,' provides a DCON capable of performing CDN in both a reliable and flexible manner.

Digital Cellular Overlay Network (DCON)

An advanced display system controller is described for use in automotive vehicles. The controller has electronic circuitry to allow it to be programmed to display monochrome or color graphics and text on an all-points-addressable display device such as a CRT or an Electro-Luminescent (EL) Flat panel. The display resolution and scan rates may be programmed differently depending on the display type and size. The vehicle operator controls the display system via a reconfigurable switch system (RSS), such as an Infrared Touch Panel or Mylar Touch Switch Matrix mounted over the face of the display. In addition, external discrete switches may also be attached to the controller. The controller includes a master microprocessor and a slave microprocessor with preferred partitioning of functions and communicates with other parts of the vehicle via two serial data communication links, a Random Access bus and a Poll/Response bus. The design of this controller allows the display characteristics and supported functions to be changed through reconfigurable hardware and software, allowing a broad range of applications in different model automobiles.

Display system for automotive vehicle

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Robert V Miller