IP Library Patent Application 16930042
Patent Application
App. No. 16/930,042

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTER-DEVICE SERVICE ACCESS

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16/930,042
Abstract

Inter-device service access is disclosed including issuing, by a source device running a first program, an access request by the first program for a specific service, and transmitting, by the source device running the first program, the access request through an inter-device link to a target device that provides the specific service, the target device being configured to receive the access request, forward the received access request to a second program running on the target device, the second program executing a corresponding service function.

Claims (31)

1 . (canceled)

2 . A method, comprising:

issuing, using a first device that is running a first application program, a broadcast request of the first application program;

transmitting, using the first device, the broadcast request via an inter-device link to a device of a plurality of devices interconnected with a master device; and

sending, using the device excluding the first device, the received broadcast request to an application program that the device itself includes, wherein the inter-device link comprises: an established link by a different device with the device through a link port provided by the master device.

3 . The method as described in claim 2 , wherein each device of the plurality of devices is different from the first device.

4 . The method as described in claim 2 , wherein the issuing of the broadcast request device includes:

sending the broadcast request to a bus control module of the first device.

5 . The method as described in claim 4 , wherein the bus control module of the first device sends the broadcast request to a bus control module of the master device.

6 . The method as described in claim 5 , wherein the bus control module of the master device sends the broadcast request in a broadcast sending mode to the device on a device bus.

7 . The method as described in claim 2 , wherein the device sends the broadcast request to an application program process.

8 . The method as described in claim 7 , wherein the application program process extracts broadcast information from the broadcast request.

9 . The method as described in claim 8 , wherein the application program process discards the broadcast request.

10 . A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to:

issue, using a first device that is running a first application program, a broadcast request of the first application program;

transmit, using the first device, the broadcast request via an inter-device link to a device of a plurality of devices interconnected with a master device; and

send, using the device excluding the first device, the received broadcast request to an application program that the device itself includes.

11 . The system as described in claim 10 , wherein each device of the plurality of devices is different from the first device.

12 . The system as described in claim 10 , wherein the issuing of the broadcast request device includes to:

send the broadcast request to a bus control module of the first device.

13 . The system as described in claim 12 , wherein the bus control module of the first device sends the broadcast request to a bus control module of the master device.

14 . The system as described in claim 13 , wherein the bus control module of the master device sends the broadcast request in a broadcast sending mode to the device on a device bus.

15 . The system as described in claim 10 , wherein the device sends the broadcast request to an application program process.

16 . The system as described in claim 15 , wherein the application program process extracts broadcast information from the broadcast request.

17 . The system as described in claim 15 , wherein the application program process discards the broadcast request.

18 . A computer program product being embodied in a tangible non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

issuing, using a first device that is running a first application program, a broadcast request of the first application program;

transmitting, using the first device, the broadcast request via an inter-device link to a device of a plurality of devices interconnected with a master device; and

sending, using the device excluding the first device, the received broadcast request to an application program that the device itself includes, wherein the inter-device link comprises: an established link by a different device with the device through a link port provided by the master device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2020
From: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
To: BANMA ZHIXING NETWORK (HONGKONG) CO., LIMITED
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