Patent ID: 7814224
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processor that is used in connection with a network and takes control over control equipment, the information processor comprising: a communication block which receives packets from the network and generates an interrupt request signal; a data processing block which processes received packets and generates control command data for controlling the control equipment; an interrupt controlling block which controls outputting said interrupt request signal to said data processing block; and a determination block which determines whether traffic inbound from the network is under over-traffic state or normal traffic state, based on information about communication output from at least one of said communication block, said data processing block, and said interrupt controlling block, and outputs a result of the determination to said interrupt controlling block, wherein, based on said result of the determination input from said determination block, if the result of the determination is that traffic inbound from the network is under over-traffic state, said interrupt controlling block shuts off output of the interrupt request signal from said interrupt controlling block to said data processing block, and if the result of the determination is that traffic inbound from the network is under normal traffic state, said interrupt controlling block outputs the interrupt request signal from said interrupt controlling block to said data processing block, and wherein, said data processing block, upon taking input of said interrupt request signal, processes a packet received from said communication block.