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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2002
Philip J. Ellerbrock, St. Peters, MO (US);
Daniel W. Konz, Florissant, MO (US);
Marshall Watts, Wildwood, MO (US);
Philip J. Ellerbrock, St. Peters, MO (US);
Daniel W. Konz, Florissant, MO (US);
Marshall Watts, Wildwood, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for communicating with at least one network device via a network bus comprising a bus controller and a host computer. The bus controller executes a series of instructions, which can be transferred to the bus controller from the host computer. The instructions are executed in a manner independent of the host computer so as to reduce the workload of the host computer. Since the bus controller can execute the series of instructions without further intervention of the host computer, the host computer can perform other operations concurrent with the execution of the series of instructions by the bus controller. In one embodiment, at least one of the instructions has an associated data field that is variable and can be altered by the host computer, such that the host computer can alter the instruction used by the bus controller.