Structured data communication with backwards compatibility

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7146556
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10286336

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Methods, apparatus, and systems are presented for communicating structured data in a system utilizing devices having different data processing capabilities. The methods, apparatus, and systems involve transmitting a unit of data from a first device, wherein the unit of data comprises at least a version-specific portion and a version identifier associated with the version-specific portion, receiving the unit of data at a second device distinct from the first device, processing the version-specific portion at the second device if the second device recognizes the associated version identifier, and disregarding the version-specific portion at the second device if the second device does not recognize the associated version identifier. Disregarding the version-specific portion may comprise examining a data length field in the data unit associated with the version-specific portion to determine a length value and skipping an amount of data corresponding to the length value.

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SILICON VALLEY BANK AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT3003 TASMAN DRIVE HF 150 SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Connell, Sean Richmond, CA 3 5
Hardie, Terry Union City, CA 14 159

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