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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
Shelly M. Osborne, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Kenneth W. Sallings, New Albany, IN (US);
Shelly M. Osborne, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Kenneth W. Sallings, New Albany, IN (US);
Abstract
A multiplexor is designed to receive data from a plurality of data sources. As the multiplexor receives data from data sources, its programmable logic device codes each stream of data with a header and a footer and a data stream segment between them having a prescribed number of characters. A message from any particular data source may be coded into a plurality of separate data stream segments. The multiplexor sequences to the next data source when a data stream having the prescribed number of bytes has been captured and returns to that data source only after data streams of the same prescribed number of characters have been captured from the other data sources in a sequential manner. Data so coded is forwarded to a storage device that may store the data on any suitable storage medium for later retrieval.