US PATENT SUBCLASS 710 / 5
.~ Input/Output command process

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710 /   HD   ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS: INPUT/OUTPUT

1  DF  INPUT/OUTPUT DATA PROCESSING {16}
5.~ Input/Output command process {2}
6  DF  .~.~> Operation scheduling
7  DF  .~.~> Concurrently performing Input/Output operation and other operation unrelated to Input/Output

DEFINITION

Classification: 710/5

Input/Output command processing:

(under subclass 1) Subject matter further comprising means or steps for fetching, buffering, decoding, or executing instruction data in order to transfer user data between the peripheral and digital data processing system or computer.

(1) Note. This and indented subclasses are directed to command processing for Input/Output operations. The processing control or the processing control for data transfer is classified elsewhere. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

712, Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems: Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing (e.g. processors),

400+, for processing control, and particularly subclass 405 for processing control for data transfer.