1-34. Cancelled.
35. A method comprising:
dividing a received network protocol compliant signal packet into signal packets of a smaller size for transmission over a platform bus of at least a portion of the data provided by the network protocol compliant signal packet; and
transmitting the smaller-sized signal packets over the platform bus as platform bus protocol compliant signal packets, the platform bus protocol compliant signal packets being transmitted as a fragmented signaling stream.
36. The method of claim 35, wherein the platform bus protocol compliant signal packets include a first bit to provide signaling indicating a first block of the fragmented signaling stream, and a last bit to provide signaling indicating a last block of the fragmented signaling stream.
37. The method of claim 35, additionally comprising:
transmitting a signal packet indicating the start of the fragmented signaling stream; and
transmitting a signal packet indicating the end of the fragmented signaling stream.
38. The method of claim 37, wherein a plurality of write block commands are used to transmit the smaller-sized signal packets over the platform bus as platform bus protocol compliant signal packets.
39. The method of claim 35, wherein the platform bus protocol compliant signal packets are interleaved over the platform bus.
40. The method of claim 35, wherein an execution of independent operations are interleaved with data provided by the platform bus protocol compliant signal packets.
41. The method of claim 35, wherein the network protocol compliant signal packet complies with a legacy network protocol, and the platform bus protocol compliant signal packet complies with a legacy platform bus interface protocol.
42. The method of claim 41, wherein the legacy platform bus interface protocol comprises the SM (System Management) bus protocol.
43. The method of claim 35, additionally comprising assembling at least a portion of the data provided by the smaller-sized signal packets into the network protocol compliant signal packet.
44. The method of claim 35, additionally comprising asserting an alert, the alert to indicate that the network protocol compliant signal packet has been received, and that a read command should be initiated.
45. An apparatus comprising:
circuitry to:
divide a received network protocol compliant signal packet into signal packets of a smaller size for transmission over a platform bus of at least a portion of the data provided by the network protocol compliant signal packet; and
transmit the smaller-sized signal packets over the platform bus as platform bus protocol compliant signal packets, the platform bus protocol compliant signal packets being transmitted as a fragmented signaling stream.
46. The apparatus of claim 45, wherein the platform bus protocol compliant signal packets include a first bit to provide signaling indicating a first block of the fragmented signaling stream, and a last bit to provide signaling indicating a last block of the fragmented signaling stream.
47. The apparatus of claim 45, the circuitry to additionally:
transmit a signal packet indicating the start of the fragmented signaling stream; and
transmit a signal packet indicating the end of the fragmented signaling stream.
48. The apparatus of claim 47, wherein the circuitry employs a plurality of write block commands to transmit the smaller-sized signal packets over the platform bus as platform bus protocol compliant signal packets.
49. The apparatus of claim 45, wherein the network protocol compliant signal packet complies with a legacy network protocol, and the platform bus protocol compliant signal packet complies with a legacy platform bus interface protocol.
50. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein the legacy platform bus interface protocol comprises the SM (System Management) bus protocol.
51. The apparatus of claim 45, additionally comprising assembling at least a portion of the data provided by the smaller-sized signal packets into the network protocol compliant signal packet.
52. The apparatus of claim 45, additionally comprising asserting an alert, the alert to indicate that the network protocol compliant signal packet has been received, and that a read command should be initiated.
53. A system comprising:
a microcontroller;
a platform bus coupled to the microcontroller; and
a network controller coupled to the platform bus, the network controller having a platform bus interface unit to:
divide a received network protocol compliant signal packet into signal packets of a smaller size for transmission over the platform bus of at least a portion of the data provided by the network protocol compliant signal packet; and
transmit the smaller-sized signal packets over the platform bus as platform bus protocol compliant signal packets, the platform bus protocol compliant signal packets being transmitted as a fragmented signaling stream to the microcontroller.
54. The system of claim 53, wherein the platform bus protocol compliant signal packets are interleaved over the platform bus.
55. The system of claim 53, the platform bus interface unit to additionally assert an alert, the alert to indicate to the microcontroller that the network protocol compliant signal packet has been received, and that a read command should be initiated by the microcontroller.
56. The system of claim 53, wherein the platform bus protocol compliant signal packets include a first bit to provide signaling indicating a first block of the fragmented signaling stream, and a last bit to provide signaling indicating a last block of the fragmented signaling stream.
57. The system of claim 53, the platform bus interface unit to additionally:
transmit a signal packet indicating the start of the fragmented signaling stream; and
transmit a signal packet indicating the end of the fragmented signaling stream.
58. The system of claim 57, wherein a plurality of write block commands are used to transmit the smaller-sized signal packets over the platform bus as platform bus protocol compliant signal packets.
59. The system of claim 53, wherein the network protocol compliant signal packet complies with a legacy network protocol, and the platform bus protocol compliant signal packet complies with a legacy platform bus interface protocol.
60. The system of claim 59, wherein the legacy platform bus interface protocol comprises the SM (System Management) bus protocol.
61. The system of claim 53, additionally comprising assembling at least a portion of the data provided by the smaller-sized signal packets into the network protocol compliant signal packet.
62. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, the instructions when executed by a machine, result in the following:
dividing a received network protocol compliant signal packet into signal packets of a smaller size for transmission over a platform bus of at least a portion of the data provided by the network protocol compliant signal packet; and
transmitting the smaller-sized signal packets over the platform bus as platform bus protocol compliant signal packets, the platform bus protocol compliant signal packets being transmitted as a fragmented signaling stream.
63. The machine-readable medium of claim 62, wherein the platform bus protocol compliant signal packets include a first bit to provide signaling indicating a first block of the fragmented signaling stream, and a last bit to provide signaling indicating a last block of the fragmented signaling stream.
64. The machine-readable medium of claim 62, the instructions additionally resulting in:
transmitting a signal packet indicating the start of the fragmented signaling stream; and
transmitting a signal packet indicating the end of the fragmented signaling stream.
65. The machine-readable medium of claim 64, wherein a plurality of write block commands are used to transmit the smaller-sized signal packets over the platform bus as platform bus protocol compliant signal packets.
66. The machine-readable medium of claim 62, wherein the network protocol compliant signal packet complies with a legacy network protocol, and the platform bus protocol compliant signal packet complies with a legacy platform bus interface protocol.
67. The machine-readable medium of claim 66, wherein the legacy platform bus interface protocol comprises the SM (System Management) bus protocol.
68. The machine-readable medium of claim 62, the instructions additionally resulting in assembling at least a portion of the data provided by the smaller-sized signal packets into the network protocol compliant signal packet.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for adapting visual contents to user’s low-vision impairment symptom and presentation preferences, comprising the steps of:
receiving visual contents;
accepting information about the user’s low-vision impairment symptom and presentation preferences and describing the information in a standardized description structure;
adapting the received visual contents through a method selected according to the information; and
displaying the adapted visual contents to the user.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information about the user’s low-vision impairment symptom includes at least one of information of indicating whether or not left and right eyes of the user are blind, left and right visions of the user, and the kind of the low-vision impairment symptom of the user.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information about the user’s low-vision impairment symptom includes a textual or numerical descriptor that describes a degree of the user’s low-vision impairment symptom.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information about the user’s low-vision impairment symptom includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a degree of \u201closs of fine detail\u201d, a degree of \u201clack of contrast\u201d, a degree of \u201clight sensitivity\u201d, a degree of \u201cneed of light\u201d, a degree of \u201closs of peripheral vision field\u201d, a degree of \u201closs of central vision field\u201d and a degree of \u201closs of half field of vision\u201d.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information about the user’s presentation preferences includes user’s contents resource priority preference.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the contents resource priority preference has a modality priority preference and a genre priority preference.
7. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the contents resource priority preference has an object priority preference.
8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of adapting the visual contents is carried out through at least one technique selected according to the user information from contrast control, sharpness control, brightness control, glare reduction, adjustment of image size, presentation priority and modality transformation.
9. A method for adapting visual contents to user’s low-vision impairment symptom, comprising the steps of:
receiving visual contents;
accepting information about the user’s low-vision impairment symptom and describing the information in a standardized description structure;
adapting the received visual contents according to the user information having the standardized description structure; and
displaying the adapted visual contents to the user.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the information about the user’s low-vision impairment symptom includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a degree of \u201closs of fine detail\u201d, a degree of \u201clack of contrast\u201d, a degree of \u201clight sensitivity\u201d, a degree of \u201cneed of light\u201d, a degree of \u201closs of peripheral vision field\u201d, a degree of \u201closs of central vision field\u201d and a degree of \u201closs of half field of vision\u201d.
11. A method for adapting visual contents to user’s presentation preferences, comprising the steps of:
receiving visual contents;
accepting information about the user’s presentation preferences and describing the information in a standardized description structure;
adapting the received visual contents according to the user information having the standardized description structure; and
displaying the adapted visual contents to the user.
12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the information about user’s presentation preferences includes user’s contents resource priority preference.
13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the contents resource priority preference has a modality priority preference and a genre priority preference.
14. A system for adapting visual contents to user’s low-vision impairment symptom and presentation preferences, comprising:
means for receiving visual contents;
means for accepting information about the user’s low-vision impairment symptom and presentation preferences and storing the information in a standardized description structure;
means for adapting the received visual contents through a method selected according to the information; and
means for displaying the adapted visual contents to the user.
15. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the information about the user’s low-vision impairment symptom includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a degree of \u201closs of fine detail\u201d, a degree of \u201clack of contrast\u201d, a degree of \u201clight sensitivity\u201d, a degree of \u201cneed of light\u201d, a degree of \u201closs of peripheral vision field\u201d, a degree of \u201closs of central vision field\u201d and a degree of \u201closs of half field of vision\u201d.
16. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the information about user’s presentation preferences includes a user’s contents resource priority preference.
17. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the means for adapting the visual contents carries out at least one technique selected according to the user information from contrast control, sharpness control, brightness control, glare reduction, adjustment of image size, presentation priority and modality transformation.