Apparatus, system, and method for distributed processing with a peripheral input/output channel based device

A processing device, the device comprising:

• an input/output module in electrical communication with a universal serial bus, the input/output module configured to receive an audio software process from a driver device, wherein the audio software process employs the instruction set of the driver device;
• a software manager configured to manage the execution of the audio software process, wherein the software manager employs the instruction set of the driver device;
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• a processor module configured execute the software process and the software manager, the processor module receiving commands from the driver device and executing the software process in coordination with the driver device, the processor module further configured to communicate data as an isochronous transfer solely through the universal serial bus of the input/output module.

A driver device, the device comprising:

• a software process configured to employ the instruction set of a driver device;
• an input/output module in electrical communication with a processing device through a peripheral input/output channel, the peripheral input/output channel configured for direct device-to-device communication at a low data transfer rate with isochronous data transfers, the processing device configured to communicate data as an isochronous transfer solely through the peripheral input/output channel;
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• a driver software module configured to communicate the software process to the processing device through the input/output module and the peripheral input/output channel, the driver software module further configured to coordinate the execution of the software process on the processing device.

A system for distributed processing, the system comprising:

• a peripheral input/output channel configured for direct device-to-device communications at a low data transfer rate with isochronous data transfers;
• a driver device in electrical communication with the peripheral input/output channel, the driver device configured to communicate a software process;
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• a processing device in electrical communication with the driver device solely through the peripheral input/output channel, the processing device configured to execute the instruction set of the driver device, the processing device further configured to receive the software process and to execute the software process in coordination with the driver device, the processing device communicating data as an isochronous transfer.

A computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable code configured to:

• receive a software process from a driver device through a peripheral input/output channel at a processing device, the peripheral input/output channel configured for direct device-to-device communications at a low data transfer rate, the processing device and the driver device configured to execute a common instruction set, the processing device further configured to communicate data as an isochronous transfer;
• schedule execution of the software process on the processing device through the peripheral input/output channel;
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• execute the software process on the processing device in coordination with the driver device.

A method for distributed processing, the method comprising:

• receiving a software process from a driver device through a peripheral input/output channel at a processing device, the peripheral input/output channel configured for direct device-to-device communications at a low data transfer rate, the processing device and the driver device configured to execute a common instruction set, the processing device further configured to communicate data as an isochronous transfer;
• scheduling execution of the software process on the processing device through the peripheral input/output channel;
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• executing the software process on the processing device in coordination with the driver device.

An apparatus for distributed processing, the apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving a software process from a driver device through a peripheral input/output channel at a processing device, the peripheral input/output channel configured for direct device-to-device communications at a low data transfer rate, the processing device and the driver device configured to execute a common instruction set, the processing device further configured to communicate data as an isochronous transfer;
• means for scheduling execution of the software process on the processing device through the peripheral input/output channel;
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• means for executing the software process on the processing device in coordination with the driver device.