COMPUTER HARDWARE DEVICE CONTAINING EMBEDDED

Brand Owner (click to sort) Address Description
ARGO inLighten, Inc. 9645 Wehrle Dr. Clarence NY 14031 Computer hardware device containing embedded software used to receive and disseminate video and audio content to digital signage displays and audio devices;
ORBIT inLighten, Inc. 9645 Wehrle Dr. Clarence NY 14031 Computer hardware device containing embedded software used to receive and disseminate video and audio content to digital signage displays and audio devices;
 

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Technical Examples
  1. A hardware/firmware layer comprising a Device Manager, an Information Manager, a Memory Manager, and a Process Manager contained in one or more semiconductor chips is disclosed. The hardware/firmware layer eliminates the need for an operating system. Each of the Managers comprises a microcontroller associated with a firmware embedded in ROM or Flash memory that contains instruction sets that cause the microcontroller to provide a designated task of device management, information management, memory management and process management. In another aspect of the invention, devices connected to the computer system are "smart devices," each device having a device microcontroller and embedded device drivers in a ROM or Flash memory. The hardware/firmware of the present invention does not need to search for available devices, provide diagnostic tests or obtain device drivers to communicate with the devices. Instead, the device microcontroller uses the embedded device driver to perform configuration and self diagnostic test as well as device operations. If the device is operational, the device microcontroller sends an identification signal to the hardware/firmware layer of the present to indicate availability of the device.