Appeal No. 96-0137
Application 08/074,978
The invention pertains to partitioning of Boolean logic equations into physical logic devices. By
way of example, the invention involves the selection of the most appropriate commercially available
interface circuit devices from a data base that allow a peripheral device to communicate with a
computer or another interface device. Claim 11 is illustrative and reads as follows:
11. An automated partitioning method for implementing, on a processor, a given set of Boolean
logic equations to one or a plurality of discrete manufactured physical logic devices, each of said
discrete manufactured physical logic devices having an architectural type number, pins, pin assignments,
manufacturer identity, model number, and price, said processor connected to an input, a memory, and
an output, said method comprising the steps of:
storing template information on different architectural types of said discrete manufactured
physical logic devices in a template file of said memory of said processor in response to receiving said
template information from said input, said template information at least providing one of the following
said architectural type number, number of said pins, and said pin assignments,
storing device information corresponding to each said different architectural type number in a
device information file of said memory of said processor in response to receiving said device
information from said input, said device information at least providing one of the following said
manufacturer identity, said model number, and said price,
storing selected user constraints for said device selection in a criteria file in said memory of said
processor in response to receiving said constraints from said input, said constraints defining selection
limits for said device information,
storing selected user partitioning directives for said device selection in a partitioning directives
file in said memory of said processor in response to receiving said partitioning directives from said input,
said partitioning directives defining predetermined physical relationships for partitioning of said Boolean
logic equations,
automatically identifying from the stored template and the stored user constraints in said
memory, via said processor and independent of said input, in a possible solutions list in said
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