US PATENT SUBCLASS 709 / 208
.~ Master/slave computer controlling

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709 /   HD   ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS: MULTIPLE COMPUTER OR PROCESS COORDINATING

200  DF  MULTICOMPUTER DATA TRANSFERRING {19}
208.~ Master/slave computer controlling {3}
209  DF  .~.~> Master/slave mode selecting
210  DF  .~.~> Slave computer locking
211  DF  .~.~> Master accessing slave storage

DEFINITION

Classification: 709/208

Master/slave computer controlling:

(under subclass 200) Subject matter wherein one or more of the computers (i.e., master computers) regulates the operations of one or more of the other computers (i.e., slave computers).

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201+, for distributed data processing data transfer.

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340, Communications: Electrical,

825+, for controlling one or more devices to obtain a plurality of results by transmission of a designated one of plural distinctive control signals over a smaller number of communication lines or channels, particularly subclass 825.06+ for communication systems where status of a

controlled device is communicated.

364, Electrical Computers and Data Processing Systems, 132, for master/slave arrangements in general purpose digital processing control systems (e.g., feedback control systems).

710, Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Input/Output,

110, for master/slave controlling within a single digital data processing system.

712, Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Processing Architecture and Instruction Processing (e.g. Processors),

31, for master/slave distributed processing system architectures.