Patent ID: 7809546
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a computer processing system having a processor including an operating system having computer-executable operating system instructions including instructions for communicating with a first serial device directly using a first medium according to a predefined input/output (I/O) hardware interface, a serial communication port emulation system to provide serial port communication over an alternate medium, comprising: the first serial device connected to said processor and operating under the control of said operating system, the first serial device having a receive port and a transmit port and having the predefined I/O hardware interface; a second serial device connected to said processor and operating under the control of BIOS or driver software instructions executed on said processor, the first serial device and second serial device residing within said computer processing system, the second serial device having a receive port and a transmit port, the transmit port of the first serial device being in serial communication with the receive port of the second serial device, and the receive port of the first serial device being in serial communication with the transmit port of the second serial device; and computer-executable instructions, responsive to serial port communication between the first serial device and the second serial device, to emulate serial communication port communication over the alternate medium and conveying a message on the alternate medium.