Patent ID: 7434193

Claim:
A method of data processing, said method comprising: in a database, defining a Dial entity and at least one instance of said Dial entity, wherein each said instance of said Dial entity has an input having a plurality of different possible input values and one or more outputs, wherein each of said plurality of different possible input values has a different associated output value set for said one or more outputs, and wherein each said instance of said Dial entity determines a value of at least one of a plurality of configuration latches in a digital system separate from said database; in said database, associating with said Dial entity at least one set of biasing weights that, when applied, determines a probability of each instance of said Dial entity having particular ones of said plurality of different possible input values; in response to a call to set said plurality of configuration latches, accessing said database to apply said at least one set of biasing weights to select one of said plurality of different possible input values for said at least one instance of said Dial entity; and setting said plurality of configuration latches in said digital system based upon said output value set for said one or more outputs of said at least one instance of said Dial entity.