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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2011
Jimi A. Shah, Broomfield, CO (US);
Thomas M. Rebman, Boulder, CO (US);
Jimi A. Shah, Broomfield, CO (US);
Thomas M. Rebman, Boulder, CO (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The various aspects include methods and apparatus that enable processors within a multi-processor computing device to automatically discover each other and to configure themselves to interoperate utilizing at least two agents in a scalable inter-processor communication protocol. A dynamic method of advertising capabilities of processors uses a scalable communication format that can be discover and linked to each processor to enable sharing of processing resources. To enable processor-discovery, each processor may be configured with a foreign agent, a local agent and a service daemon software program that facilitates processor auto-discovery and auto-configuration. Advertising and capabilities messages between processors in the same device may use the QMI protocol format. The advertised capabilities may include information regarding processor identification, transport type, port, technology, services and resources. The method may enable processors to automatically configuring themselves to work with or utilize the capabilities of the other discovered peer processors.