US Patent 7428218 Flexible approach for representing different bus protocols

Patent 7428218 was granted and assigned to Teradyne on September, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Teradyne

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7428218

Date of Patent

September 23, 2008

Patent Application Number

10608588

Date Filed

June 27, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Wing F Chan

Patent abstract

A method for flexibly defining communication constructs includes providing at least one communication element type for at least one layer of a generalized communication model, such as a bus model. Each communication element type has a user-definable structure that is adaptable for representing a corresponding protocol layer of a target communication medium. Users can define specific communication element types to substantially represent the target protocol. Users can also define the communication element types to depart from the target protocol in precisely defined ways.