摘要 |
<p>A general purpose procedure can process information flows which are represented by a sequence of frames. Any frame may have any number of attributes, each of which has a type and a value. An attribute can also be a frame, thereby permitting recursive processing of information flows. Common processing of frames is encapsulated into a single procedure that can handle information flows having a wide variety of syntactic and semantic characteristics. The single procedure can process communication protocols, intracomputer communications and security encryption protocols at the same time. The procedure can also be embodied in hardware or firmware.</p> |