Patent ID: 7412547
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An processing device, the device comprising: an input/output module in electrical communication with a peripheral input/output channel, the peripheral input/output channel configured for direct device-to-device communication at a low data transfer rate with isochronous data transfers, the input/output module configured to receive a software process from a driver device, the software process configured to employ the instruction set of the driver device; a software manager configured to manage the execution of the software process, wherein the software manager employs the instruction set of the driver device; and a processor module configured to execute the software process and the software manager, the processor module receiving commands from the driver device and executing the software process in coordination with the driver device, the processor module further configured to communicate data solely through the peripheral input/output channel of the input/output module as an isochronous data transfer.