Small Footprint Medical Information Transfer Protocol Stack

A first computing device comprising a processing unit and system memory, the memory of the first computing device including instructions that, when executed by the processing unit cause the first computing device to:

• receive a data stream that includes a plurality of bytes, one or more bytes of the plurality of bytes being associated with obtaining medical related information, one or more of the one or more bytes associated with obtaining medical related information including one or more named fields;
• parse each byte of the data stream serially;
• identify metadata relating to actionable data in the data stream;
• use the metadata to determine where to store the actionable data on the first computing device;
• after each byte of actionable data is parsed, store the parsed byte of actionable data in a buffer memory on the first computing device, the parsed byte of actionable data being stored in the location of buffer memory indicated by the metadata;
• and
• use the actionable data in the buffer memory to obtain medical device information at the first computing device, the medical device information being obtained via a sensor included on the first computing device, the medical device information being obtained using the one or more named fields, the one or more named fields determining a format of the medical related information;
• wherein the actionable data is obtained as a result of a single pass through the data stream received at the first computing device.

A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• receive a data stream that includes a request for medical device information;
• use actionable data in the data stream;
• obtain the requested medical device information at the computing device;
• serialize the obtained medical device information;
• and
• send the serialized medical device information to a host computer.