Patent ID: 7263701
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An interprocessor communication method for transporting messages from an originating place to a terminating place, the method comprising the steps of: providing an operating system-unified interface function at an operating system independent access (OIA) layer, the operating system-unified interface function being independently accessible by operating systems of a communication apparatus; providing a device-unified interface function at a device independent access (DIA) layer, the DIA layer being separate from the OIA layer, the device-unified interface function being independently accessible by physical devices of the communication apparatus; at a unified process communication (UIPC) layer, determining when a message corresponds to interprocessor communication between different cards and to intraprocessor communication within a card; at the UIPC layer, selecting one of the OIA layer and the DIA layer; and at the UIPC layer, transporting messages from the originating place to the terminating place through the selected one of the OIA layer and the DIA layer; said determining, said selecting and said transporting being performed in accordance with information corresponding to the terminating place provided by an originating place task, and in accordance with a common task architecture based on a basic common control flow of the originating place task.