Patent ID: 7443885
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A device for use in a bus system that supports a plurality n of message objects, comprising: a plurality of registers associated with each message object, including at least one object match ID register that contains a multi-bit object match ID field, and at least one object mask register that contains a multi-bit object mask field; a module that processes incoming messages, wherein the module: wherein any selected one or more bits of the object match ID field associated with each of the plurality n of message objects can be set to ‘1’ or ‘0’, and any selected one or more bits of the object mask field associated with each of the plurality n of message objects can be set to ‘1’ or ‘0’ in order to mask any selected one or more bits of the associated object match ID field, whereby the combination of the object match ID field and the object mask field associated with each of the plurality n of message objects comprises a fully programmable match and mask filter; and, wherein n≧3.