Patent ID: 7533191

Claim:
An apparatus comprising a device group with at least a first device and a second device to identify commands directed to the first device and commands directed to the second device, the apparatus comprising: the device group to be associated with a single address for receiving communications via the bus for at least the first device and the second device, and comprises address logic to determine if a message comprising a message address and a message command is addressed to the device group by determining if the message address is the single address, the message command being an instruction that can be executed by one or more devices of the device group, the device group comprising: the first device to couple with the bus, the first device comprising a first command logic to determine how the first device responds to the message command, the first command logic comprising: a first command comparator to compare a command value of the message command against a first set of one or more command values to associate the message command with the first device if the command value of the message command is within the first set of one or more command values; and a first command interpreter of the first device to receive the message command for execution if the first command comparator associates the command value with the first device; and the second device to couple with the bus, the second device comprising a second command logic to determine how the second device responds to the message command, the second command logic comprising: a second command comparator to compare the command value of the message command against a second set of one or more command values to associate the message command with the second device if the command value of the message command is within the second set of one or more command values; and a second command interpreter of the second device to receive the message command for execution if the second command comparator associates the command value with the second device.