Patent ID: 8683018

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of communicating computing states of a first computer device for registering said computing states by a second computer device, connected to said first computer device, said first computer device being configured to assume a plurality of successive computing states, said method comprising the steps of: communicating one or more computing states from said first computer device to said second computer device as a first set of computing states, said first set being identified by a first set identifier and containing a previous computing state; detecting by said first computer device a state transition from a present computing state to said previous computing state of said first computer device; requesting by said first computer device a momentary extreme set identifier of a sequence of set identifiers in response to detecting said state transition; receiving at said first computer device said momentary extreme set identifier from said second computer device; changing at said first computer device said momentary extreme set identifier to a next momentary extreme set identifier of said sequence of set identifiers; assigning further computing states of said first computer device to a second set of computing states, said second set being identified by said next momentary extreme set identifier; transmitting said next momentary extreme set identifier, and said first set identifier of said first set to said second computer device; and communicating said further computing states of said second set to said second computer device.