Patent ID: 7809863

Claim:
A command generating and monitoring system comprising: a command processor configured to receive a command input and determine a first command data set based on the command input; a first monitoring processor coupled to the command processor and configured to: receive the command input, determine a second command data set based on the command input, receive the first command data set, compare the first command data set and the second command data set, determine if the first command data set is identical to the second command data set, generate a first authentication key based on the comparison, wherein, the first authentication key is a valid first authentication key if the first command data set is identical to the second command data set, and the first authentication key is an invalid first authentication key if the first command data set is not identical to the second command data set; and a data bus coupled to the command processor and the first monitoring processor, the data bus configured to receive the first command data set and either the valid first authentication key or the invalid first authentication key for retrieval by a consuming device.