Granted Patent B1

US 12,248,770 · App. 17/955,317 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Inventors: Brian Arnold Petersen (San Francisco, CA); Joseph Andonieh (Aurora, CA); Roy T. Myers, Jr. (Morgan City, CA)

Assignee: Ethernovia Inc.

G06F8/51

Abstract

Claims (80)

1. A method comprising:

identifying, by a hardware processor, definition data that defines structured data for transmission from a first electronic device to a second electronic device;

generating, by the hardware processor, a description file based on the definition data, the description file comprising a set of variables that describes the structured data;

using, by the hardware processor, a compiler to generate a set of hardware parameters based on the description file and to generate source code based on the description file, the source code defining a class that incorporates the structured data, the class comprising a definition of a serialization function that is configured to cause the first electronic device to use data communication hardware of the first electronic device to serialize data stored in the class for transmitting to the second electronic device, the data communication hardware of the first electronic device being separate from a hardware processor of the first electronic device; and

causing, by the hardware processor, the data communication hardware of the first electronic device to perform operations comprising:

using the serialization function included in the class to serialize the data stored in the class to generate a serialized byte string based on the set of hardware parameters, the data stored in the class comprising a set of messages each comprising at least one variable, the serializing comprising:

for each individual message of the set of messages, encoding an individual length value into the serialized byte string included by the individual message, the individual length value representing a length of data content associated with the individual message;

generating one or more data packets based on the serialized byte string;

appending one or more headers to the one or more data packets, the one or more headers including a set of network parameters; and

transmitting, via a network coupled to the first electronic device, the one or more headers and the one or more data packets to the second electronic device based on the set of network parameters.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:

generating a new instance of the class using the source code, the generating of the new instance of the class comprising populating one or more instance variables in the class with values to be serialized.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the using of the serialization function included in the class to serialize the data stored in the class comprising:

calling the serialization function of a new instance of the class to cause the data communication hardware of the first electronic device to serialize, based on the set of variables, the set of hardware parameters, and the data stored in the class.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of hardware parameters comprises a pointer that identifies a location of a new instance of the class in a memory of the first electronic device and a set of identifiers of message types.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of hardware parameters is a first set of hardware parameters, the method further comprising:

sending, from the first electronic device, a request to the second electronic device to coordinate the transmission of a new instance of the class; and

in response to the request, receiving from the second electronic device, a second set of hardware parameters associated with the second electronic device, the using of the serialization function to serialize the data stored in the class is based further on the second set of hardware parameters associated with the second electronic device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second set of hardware parameters associated with the second electronic device comprises a virtual memory location, a memory size, and a plurality of message types.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the serializing of the data comprises:

determining the individual length value for each of the set of messages.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the set of messages comprises at least a parent message and one or more child messages, and wherein a select length value of the parent message is determined subsequent to one or more length values of the one or more child messages is determined.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data communication hardware of the first electronic device comprises an accelerated network interface controller of the first electronic device.

10. A system comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

one or more hardware processors communicatively coupled to the memory and configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:

identifying definition data that defines structured data for transmission from a first electronic device to a second electronic device;

generating a description file based on the definition data, the description file comprising a set of variables that describes the structured data;

using a compiler to generate a set of hardware parameters based on the description file and to generate source code based on the description file, the source code defining a class that incorporates the structured data, the class comprising a definition of a serialization function that is configured to cause the first electronic device to use data communication hardware of the first electronic device to serialize data stored in the class for transmitting to the second electronic device, the data communication hardware of the first electronic device being separate from the hardware processor of the first electronic device; and

causing the data communication hardware of the first electronic device to perform operations comprising:

using the serialization function included in the class to serialize the data stored in the class to generate a serialized byte string based on the set of hardware parameters, the data stored in the class comprising a set of messages each comprising at least one variable, the serializing of the data comprising:

for each individual message of the set of messages, encoding an individual length value into the serialized byte string included by the individual message, the individual length value representing a length of data content associated with the individual message;

generating one or more data packets based on the serialized byte string;

appending one or more headers to the one or more data packets, the one or more headers including a set of network parameters; and

transmitting, via a network coupled to the first electronic device, the one or more headers and the one or more data packets to the second electronic device based on the set of network parameters.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the causing of the data communication hardware to perform operations comprising:

generating a new instance of the class using the source code, the generating of the new instance of the class comprising populating one or more instance variables in the class with values to be serialized.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the using of the serialization function included in the class to serialize the data stored in the class comprising:

calling the serialization function of a new instance of the class to cause the data communication hardware of the first electronic device to serialize, based on the set of variables, the set of hardware parameters, and the data stored in the class.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the set of hardware parameters is a first set of hardware parameters, and wherein the operations further comprise:

sending, from the first electronic device, a request to the second electronic device to coordinate the transmission of a new instance of the class; and

in response to the request, receiving from the second electronic device, a second set of hardware parameters associated with the second electronic device, the using of the serialization function to serialize the data stored in the class is based further on the second set of hardware parameters associated with the second electronic device.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the second plurality set of hardware parameters associated with the second electronic device comprises a virtual memory location, a memory size, and a plurality of message types.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor of a first electronic device, cause the first electronic device to perform operations comprising:

identifying definition data that defines structured data for transmission from the first electronic device to a second electronic device;

generating a description file based on the definition data, the description file comprising a set of variables that describes the structured data;

using a compiler to generate a set of hardware parameters based on the description file and to generate source code based on the description file, the source code defining a class that incorporates the structured data, the class comprising a definition of a serialization function that is configured to cause the first electronic device to use data communication hardware of the first electronic device to serialize data stored in the class for transmitting to the second electronic device, the data communication hardware of the first electronic device being separate from the hardware processor of the first electronic device; and

causing the data communication hardware of the first electronic device to perform operations comprising:

using the serialization function included in the class to serialize the data stored in the class to generate a serialized byte string based on the set of hardware parameters, the data stored in the class comprising a set of messages each comprising at least one variable, the serializing of the data comprising:

for each individual message of the set of messages, encoding an individual length value into the serialized byte string included by the individual message, the individual length value representing a length of data content associated with the individual message;

generating one or more data packets based on the serialized byte string;

appending one or more headers to the one or more data packets, the one or more headers including a set of network parameters; and

transmitting, via a network coupled to the first electronic device, the one or more headers and the one or more data packets to the second electronic device based on the set of network parameters.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the set of hardware parameters comprises a pointer that identifies a location of a new instance of the class in a memory of the first electronic device and a set of identifiers of message types.

17. A method comprising:

identifying, by a hardware processor, source code that defines a class that incorporates structured data, the class comprising a definition of a serialization function that is configured to cause a first electronic device to use data communication hardware of the first electronic device to serialize data stored in the class for transmitting to a second electronic device;

generating, by the hardware processor, a new instance of the class using the source code, the generating of the new instance of the class including populating instance variables in the class with values to be serialized;

calling, by the hardware processor, the serialization function of the new instance of the class to cause the data communication hardware of the first electronic device to serialize the data stored in the new instance of the class to generate a serialized byte string based on a set of hardware parameters, the data stored in the new instance of the class comprising a set of messages each comprising at least one variable, the serializing of the data comprising:

for each individual message of the set of messages, encoding an individual length value into the serialized byte string included by the individual message, the individual length value representing a length of data content associated with the individual message;

generating one or more data packets based on the serialized byte string;

appending one or more headers to the one or more data packets, the one or more headers including a set of network parameters; and

transmitting, via a network coupled to the first electronic device, the one or more headers and the one or more data packets to the second electronic device based on the set of network parameters.

18. A system comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

one or more hardware processors communicatively coupled to the memory and configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:

identifying source code that defines a class that incorporates structured data, the class comprising a definition of a serialization function that is configured to cause a first electronic device to use data communication hardware of the first electronic device to serialize data stored in the class for transmitting to a second electronic device;

generating a new instance of the class using the source code, the generating of the new instance of the class including populating instance variables in the class with values to be serialized;

calling the serialization function of the new instance of the class to cause the data communication hardware of the first electronic device to serialize the data stored in the new instance of the class to generate a serialized byte string based on a set of hardware parameters, the data stored in the new instance of the class comprising a set of messages each comprising at least one variable, the serializing of the data comprising:

for each individual message of the set of messages, encoding an individual length value into the serialized byte string included by the individual message, the individual length value representing a length of data content associated with the individual message;

generating one or more data packets based on the serialized byte string;

appending one or more headers to the one or more data packets, the one or more headers including a set of network parameters; and

transmitting, via a network coupled to the first electronic device, the one or more headers and the one or more data packets to the second electronic device based on the set of network parameters.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor of a device, cause the device to perform operations comprising:

identifying source code that defines a class that incorporates structured data, the class comprising a definition of a serialization function that is configured to cause a first electronic device to use data communication hardware of the first electronic device to serialize data stored in the class for transmitting to a second electronic device;

generating, by a processor, a new instance of the class using the source code, the generating of the new instance of the class including populating instance variables in the class with values to be serialized;

calling, by a processor, the serialization function of the new instance of the class to cause the data communication hardware of the first electronic device to serialize the data stored in the new instance of the class to generate a serialized byte string based on a set of hardware parameters, the data stored in the new instance of the class comprising a set of messages each comprising at least one variable, the serializing of the data comprising:

for each individual message of the set of messages, encoding an individual length value into the serialized byte string included by the individual message, the individual length value representing a length of data content associated with the individual message;

generating one or more data packets based on the serialized byte string;

appending one or more headers to the one or more data packets, the one or more headers including a set of network parameters; and

transmitting, via a network coupled to the first electronic device, the one or more headers and the one or more data packets to the second electronic device based on the set of network parameters.

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