SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORWARDING A COMMAND STREAM

1 . A method for forwarding a command stream comprising:

receiving a source command stream, encoded for execution by a source platform using a source command semantic, where the source command stream contains command information executable as commands;

processing the received source command stream to generate a processed command stream where the processed command stream contains equivalent command information to the command information contained in the source command stream;

encoding the processed command stream to generate a source formatted command stream; and

sending the source formatted command stream to a target platform where the source formatted command stream is convertible to a target command semantic executable as commands by the target platform.

2 . The method for forwarding a command stream of claim 1 , where each of the source command semantic and the target command semantic is based on any of: OpenCL™, WebCL™, OpenSL ES™, OpenMAX™ AL, OpenMAX™ IL and StreamInput.

3 . The method for forwarding a command stream of claim 1 , where the source command semantic and the target command semantic are different.

4 . The method for forwarding a command stream of claim 1 , where the command information may include any of: a command, a response and data.

5 . The method for forwarding a command stream of claim 1 , where the command information is cached.

6 . The method for forwarding a command stream of claim 1 , where the act of processing the received source command stream to generate a processed command stream reduces the amount of the command information.

7 . The method for forwarding a command stream of claim 6 , where the act of processing that reduces the amount of command information may include any one or more of: applying data compression to the command information, returning a cached response and transmitting a code associated with cached command information in place of the command information.

8 . The method for forwarding a command stream of claim 1 , where the source formatted command stream includes command information and metadata.

9 . The method for forwarding a command stream of claim 8 , where the metadata includes any one or more of: initialization instructions, synchronization information, timing information, error correction codes and retransmission requests.

10 . The method for forwarding a command stream of claim 1 , where the source formatted command stream is sent to the target platform using a wired or a wireless network.

11 . The method for forwarding a command stream of claim 1 , where the source formatted command stream is sent to the target platform using a transmission control protocol or a user datagram protocol.

12 . The method for forwarding a command stream of claim 1 , where the source formatted command stream is sent to one or more target platforms.

13 . A system for forwarding a command stream comprising:

a source command API to:

receive a source command stream, encoded for execution by a source platform using a source command semantic, where the source command stream contains command information executable as commands; and

process the received source command stream to generate a processed command stream where the processed command stream contains equivalent command information to the command information contained in the source command stream;

a source redirector to encode the processed command stream to generate a source formatted command stream; and

a source protocol stack to send the source formatted command stream to a target platform where the source formatted command stream is convertible to a target command semantic executable by the target platform.

14 . The system for forwarding a command stream of claim 13 , where each of the source command semantic and the target command semantic is based on any of: OpenCL™, WebCL™, OpenSL ES™, OpenMAX™ AL, OpenMAX™ IL and StreamInput.

15 . The system for forwarding a command stream of claim 13 , where the source command semantic and the target command semantic are different.

16 . The system for forwarding a command stream of claim 13 , where the command information may include any of: a command, a response and data.

17 . The system for forwarding a command stream of claim 13 , where the command information is cached.

18 . The system for forwarding a command stream of claim 13 , where processing the received source command stream to generate a processed command stream reduces the amount of the command information.

19 . The system for forwarding a command stream of claim 18 , where the processing that reduces the amount of command information may include any one or more of: applying data compression to the command information, returning a cached response and transmitting a code associated with cached command information in place of the command information.

20 . The system for forwarding a command stream of claim 13 , where the source formatted command stream includes command information and metadata.

21 . The system for forwarding a command stream of claim 20 , where the metadata includes any one or more of: initialization instructions, synchronization information, timing information, error correction codes and retransmission requests.

22 . The system for forwarding a command stream of claim 13 , where the source formatted command stream is sent to the target platform using a wired or a wireless network.

23 . The system for forwarding a command stream of claim 13 , where the source formatted command stream is sent to the target platform using a transmission control protocol or a user datagram protocol.

24 . The system for forwarding a command stream of claim 13 , where the source formatted command stream is sent to one or more target platforms.