Granted Patent B2

US 12,210,470 · App. 17/730,174 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Inventors: Oscar P. Pinto (San Jose, CA); William Martin (Roseville, CA)

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

G06F13/385G06F9/547

Abstract

Claims (42)

1. A method comprising:

interacting with an interface for one or more computational devices, wherein the interface uses at least one processing circuit;

wherein the interacting is based on a first identifier and a second identifier;

wherein the first identifier comprises first information that identifies a first functionality of a first computational device program, and the second identifier comprises second information that identifies a second functionality of a second computational device program; and

wherein the interacting comprises:

receiving, at the one or more computational devices, from an apparatus, the first identifier;

executing, based on the receiving the first identifier, the first computational device program; and

receiving, at the one or more computational devices, from the apparatus, the second identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises a functionality identifier.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first identifier further comprises information that identifies a group of the first computational device program.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the group of the first computational device program is based on a source of the first computational device program.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein:

the first information that identifies the first functionality of the first computational device program comprises a first functionality identifier;

the first information that identifies the group of the first computational device program comprises a first group identifier;

the second information comprises a second functionality identifier and a second group identifier;

the first functionality identifier is the same as the second functionality identifier;

the first group identifier is different from the second group identifier; and

the first functionality is interoperable with the second functionality.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interacting comprises requesting requested information using the interface.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising providing, by the interface, based on the requesting, the requested information.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the requested information comprises an indication that one or more of the one or more computational devices is capable of executing the first computational device program.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the indication comprises a list of computational devices that are capable of executing the first computational device program.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the requested information comprises a list of computational device programs capable of being executed by at least one of the one or more computational devices.

11. The method of claim 6 , wherein the requested information comprises a format of the first computational device program.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the format comprises one or more parameters.

13. The method of claim 6 , wherein the requesting comprises invoking an interface call.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interacting comprises accessing, based on the first identifier, using the interface, the first computational device program.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the accessing comprises configuring the first computational device program.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the executing the first computational device program is performed, at least partially, with hardware.

17. A device comprising:

one or more computational resources capable of performing a first computational device program and a second computational device program; and

at least one processing circuit capable of configuring, based on a first identifier, the first computational device program, and configuring, based on a second identifier, the second computational device program;

wherein the first identifier comprises first information that identifies a first functionality of the first computational device program, and the second identifier comprises second information that identifies a second functionality of the second computational device program; and

wherein the at least one processing circuit is configured to receive, from an apparatus, the first identifier, and receive, from the apparatus, the second identifier.

18. The device of claim 17 , wherein the device comprises a computational storage device.

19. A system comprising:

an apparatus comprising at least one processing circuit configured to provide an interface for one or more computational devices;

wherein the interface is configured to perform at least one first operation based on a first identifier and at least one second operation based on a second identifier;

wherein the first identifier identifies a first functionality of a first computational device program and the second identifier identifies a second functionality of a second computational device program;

wherein the at least one first operation provides first information about the first functionality of the first computational device program and the at least one second operation provides second information about the second functionality of the second computational device program; and

wherein the interface is configured to send, to the one or more computational devices, the first identifier and the second identifier.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the apparatus is configured to execute an application configured to interact with the interface.

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