Patent ID: 7911970
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting data via a display on a first computing device according to a user-selected format, comprising: selecting, by a user, one of a plurality of data format structures, wherein the data structure comprises one or more predetermined data segments according to the selected data format structure, wherein the selected data format structure is associated with a protocol for an embedded communications bus; receiving a bus data stream on the embedded communications bus, the bus data stream comprising a plurality of data segments from a second device, the plurality of data segments being in one of a plurality of possible predetermined formats; accessing one of a plurality of protocol files corresponding to the protocol for the embedded communications bus; decoding the plurality of data segments in one or more data structures according to the protocol file associated with the selected data format structure; and displaying on a screen the contents of the one or more data structures, whereby the user analyzes the displayed contents and determines whether to execute debugging operations for the second device according to the contents of the displayed data structures.