Patent ID: 8458581

Claim:
A system for serially transmitting vital data, said system comprising: a first processor structured to determine first data; a second processor structured to determine second data; a serial communication apparatus structured to input third data and output serial data based upon said third data; and a multiple-ported memory comprising a first port accessible by said first processor, a second port accessible by said second processor, a first memory writable by said first processor and readable by said second processor, and a second memory writable by said second processor and readable by said first processor, wherein said first processor is further structured to store said first data in said first memory, wherein said second processor is further structured to store said second data in said second memory, and wherein both of said first and second processors are further structured to cooperatively agree that said first data in said first memory corresponds to said second data in said second memory, and responsively cause said serial communication apparatus to employ part of said first data and part of said second data as said third data, and to serially output said serial data including said third data to a location different than a location of said first and second processors.