Patent ID: 8331361
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A device controller, in a device, for assigning a device identifier to the device, the device being one of a plurality of devices connected in a serial interconnection configuration, the plurality of devices being of mixed type, each of the plurality of devices having a serial input connection coupled to a serial output connection of a previous device in the serial interconnection configuration, and a serial output connection coupled to serial input connection of a subsequent device in the serial interconnection configuration, the device controller comprising: a receiver for receiving the device identifier (ID) and a device type (DT), the received ID and the received DT being provided through the serial input connection of the device; a determiner for determining a DT of the device in view of the received DT to provide a determination result; an ID provider for outputting an outputted ID in accordance with the determination result; and an output provider for providing the outputted ID to accompany the received DT to the subsequent device.