Patent ID: 7948402
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of installing, on a weapons, targeting, or tracking platform, which is a host system, a weapon, or targeting or tracking unit, which is an associated store that operates with multiple hosts and host variants, the method comprising the steps of: attaching the associated store directly to the host system via at least one attachment point in said store; detecting the host system with the attached associated store; establishing communications between the associated store and the detected host system, said establishing including activating a communication control interface in the associated store; capturing incoming control data from the detected host system with said communication control interface; translating messages received from the detected host system into a format recognizable to said associated store and messages sent from said associated store into a format recognizable by said host system with a message translator in said store; and translating the captured control data within said associated store according to a functionally mapped software architecture for the associated store via a virtual translation layer; wherein the store is a single device that includes the communication control interface, the message translator; the virtual translation layer, and said attachment point.