What is claimed is:
1. Waveform display equipment which displays a plurality of waveforms based on waveform data obtained by measuring signals to be measured in the display region of a display screen, comprising:
a discriminating means which discriminates each measuring period for said displayed waveform data, and
a split display means which splits said display region into said number of mutually-different measuring periods based on the result of discrimination by said discriminating means and displays a waveform measured in one of the mutually-different measuring periods or a plurality of waveforms, each measured in the same measuring period composing one of the mutually-different measuring periods, in each of split display regions.
2. Waveform display equipment in accordance with claim 1, wherein said split display means splits said display region based on the shape of said display region and the result of said discrimination.
3. Waveform display equipment in accordance with claim 2, wherein said split display means makes the size of each of said split display regions equal.
4. Waveform display equipment in accordance with any of claims 1 to 3, wherein a cursor means is provided, which displays cursors in each of split display regions split by said split display means and also displays these cursors in the positions corresponding to the same time or positions corresponding to the vicinities of that time.
5. A waveform displaying method in which a plurality of waveforms based on the waveform data obtained by measuring signals to be measured is displayed in the display region of a display screen, further discriminating measuring periods for each of said waveform data to be displayed, splitting said display region into a number of mutually-different measuring periods based on the result of said discrimination, and displaying a waveform measured in one of the mutually-different measuring periods or a plurality of waveforms, each measured in the same measuring period composing one of the mutually-different measuring periods, in each of split display regions.
6. A waveform displaying method in accordance with claim 5, wherein each cursor is displayed in each of said split display regions and these cursors are also displayed in the positions corresponding to the same time or positions corresponding to the vicinities of that time.
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 communication involving a computer, a network, and a device that is coupled between the computer and the network, the method comprising:
sending, from the computer to the device, a command to transmit application data from the computer to the network;
sending, by the device to the network, data corresponding to the command, including prepending a network or transport layer header to at least some of the data; and
sending, from the device to the computer, a response to the command indicating that the data has been sent from the device to the network, prior to receiving, by the device from the network, an acknowledgement (ACK) that all the data corresponding to the command has been received.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the response to the command is prompted by sending, from the computer to the device, a subsequent command to transmit. additional application data from the computer to the network.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a sequence number for the ACK with the response to the command.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
sending, from the computer to the device, a subsequent command to transmit additional application data from the computer to the network; and
sending, from the device to the computer, a command response after receiving, by the device from the network, an ACK for all the additional data.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
sending, from the computer to the device, a subsequent command to transmit additional application data from the computer to the network; and
sending, from the device to the computer, information indicating completion of the subsequent command after receiving, by the device from the network, an ACK for all the additional data.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, by the device, the ACK;
sending, from the device to the computer, an indication that the ACK has been received; and
completing, by the computer and in response to receiving the indication, the command.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining, by the computer, a table of ACK values including a value that corresponds to the ACK.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
calculating, by the computer, a sequence number corresponding to the ACK; and
completing the command by the computer, in response to receiving an indication from the device that the ACK has been received by the device.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, by the computer, the response to the command; and
sending a subsequent command to transmit additional application data from the computer to the network, the subsequent command being sent from the computer to the device and prompted by receiving the response to the command.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
storing a pointer to the command in a memory space of the device; and
freeing the memory space upon sending, from the device to the computer, the command response indicating that the data has been sent from the device to the network.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein sending a command to transmit data includes sending, from the computer to the device, a pointer to the command.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending, with the response to the command, a sequence number beyond which previous data has not been acknowledged (ACKed).
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending, with the response to the command, an indication that all data has been received for a previous command.
14. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining, by the device, a Transport Control Protocol (TCP) connection that the command, the data and the ACK correspond to.
15. A method for communication involving a computer, a network, and a device that is coupled between the computer and the network, the method comprising:
sending, from the computer to the device; a pointer to a command to transmit data from the computer to the network;
sending, by the device to the network, data corresponding to the command; and
sending, from the device to the computer, a response to the command indicating that the data has been sent from the device to the network, prior to receiving, by the device from the network, an acknowledgement (ACK) that all the data has been received.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein sending the response to the command is prompted by sending, from the computer to the device, a subsequent pointer to a subsequent command to transmit additional application data from the computer to the network.
17. The method of claim 15, further comprising sending a sequence number for the ACK with the response to the command.
18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
sending, from the computer to the device, a subsequent pointer to a subsequent command to transmit additional application data from the computer to the network; and
sending, from the device to the computer, a command response after receiving, by the device from the network, an ACK for the additional data.
19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
sending, from the computer to the device, a subsequent pointer to a subsequent command to transmit additional application data from the computer to the network; and
sending, from the device to the computer, information indicating completion of the subsequent command after receiving, by the device from the network, an ACK for the additional data.
20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
receiving, by the device, the ACK;
sending, from the device to the computer, an indication that the ACK has been received; and
completing, by the computer and in response to receiving the indication, the command.
21. The method of claim 15, further comprising maintaining, by the computer, a table of ACK values including a value that corresponds to the ACK.
22. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
calculating, by the computer, a sequence number corresponding to the ACK; and
completing the command by the computer, in response to receiving an indication from the device that the ACK has been received by the device.
23. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
receiving, by the computer, the command response from the device; and
sending a subsequent pointer to a subsequent command to transmit additional application data from the computer to the network, the subsequent pointer being sent from the computer to the device and prompted by receiving the command response.
24. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
storing the pointer to the command in a memory space of the device; and
freeing the memory space upon sending, from the device to the computer, the command response indicating that the data has been sent from the device to the network.
25. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining that a memory space of the device in which the pointer is stored is full, prior to sending the response to the command.
26. The method of claim 15, further comprising sending, with the response to the command, a sequence number beyond which previous data has not been acknowledged (ACKed).
27. The method of claim 15, further comprising sending, with the response to the command, an indication that all data has been received for a previous command.
28. The method of claim 15, further comprising maintaining, by the device, a Transport Control Protocol (TCP) connection that the command, the data and the ACK correspond to.
29. A method for communication involving a computer, a network, and a device that is coupled between the computer and the network, the method comprising:
sending, from the computer to the device, a series of commands to transmit application data from the computer to the network;
sending, by the device to the network, data corresponding to the commands, including prepending a network or transport layer header to at least some of the data; and
sending, from the device to the computer, a response to the commands, each response including a sequence number beyond which the data has not been acknowledged (ACKed);
wherein data corresponding to one of the commands is sent by the device to the network prior to receiving an ACK for data corresponding to a prior one of the commands.
30. A system for communication involving a computer, a network, and a device that is coupled between the computer and the network, the system comprising:
means for sending, from the computer to the device, a command to transmit data from the computer to the network;
means for sending, by the device to the network, data corresponding to the command, including means for prepending a network or transport layer header to at least some of the data; and
means for sending, from the device to the computer, an indication that the data has been sent from the device to the network, prior to receiving, by the device from the network, an acknowledgement (ACK) that the data has been received.
31. A data structure for use with a host that is connected to a network by a device, the data structure stored on at least one computer readable medium of the host and device, the data structure comprising:
instructions to send, from the host to the device, a command to transmit data from the host to the network;
instructions to send, from the device to the network, data corresponding to the command, including instructions for prepending a network or transport layer header to at least some of the data; and
instructions to send, from the device to the host, an indication that the data has been sent from the device to the network, prior to receiving, by the device from the network, an acknowledgement (ACK) that the data has been received.