Patent Document ID: 4799141
Application ID: 07036526
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An electronic controller connectible to an external system comprising: a plurality of logical networks each capable of assuming a plurality of different states and arranged according to a hierarchy of different networks according to a hierarchy of different states having a one-to-one mapping between states and networks such that any transition between two states affects the two associate networks and their respective lower-order networks; each of said logical networks including a storage means for storing,its state, means for determining the next state, of the storage means and means for receiving control signals from, or for outputting control signals to, the immediately higher level logical network and the immediately lower level logical network for determining their respective states; at least some of said logical networks including means for receiving control signals from, or for outputting control signals to, the external system; said logical networks being disposed on a substrate; and a plurality of electrical connections on the substrate connecting the logical networks to provide said one-to-one mapping between states and networks.