Neural-model, information-handling architecture and method

Claim 2

A neural-model, broadcast-hierarchical, locality-of-communication-dominant, information-handling architecture structure comprising a first information-handling level, including plural information-handling families organized into plural groups of such families, with each family in each group including at least two communication units and an associated communication center for communicating via a first level communication bus, directly on said first level, only with its family-associated units and with the communication centers in the other families in the same group, thus to enable broadcast communication, and simultaneous cooperative information handling, between different, respective, selected units in the families in the group, and at least one other, higher-level, information-handling level, including means operatively communicative directly with said communication centers in the families in said first level for enabling the selective broadcast communication of information between different centers in the different groups via second level communication bus, thus to accommodate broadcast communication, and simultaneous cooperative information handling, between selected units in the families in different groups which share said first level.

Claim 3

The structure of claim 1, wherein each communication unit comprises a virtual (connection) node, and each communication center comprises a physical (computational) node.

Claim 4

The structure of claims 1 or 2, wherein each communication unit, in conjunction with its family,s communication center, is assigned a bit address, and the same communicates with other communication units through a procedure which includes broadcasting of such address.

Claim 5

The structure of claims 1 or 2, wherein certain families operatively reside in more than one group.

Claim 6

A neural-model, broadcast-hierarchical, locality-of-communication-dominant, information-handling architecture structure comprising a first information-handling level, including plural information-handling families organized into plural groups of said familes, and into plural collections of said groups, with each family in each group including at least two communication units and an associated communication center for communicating via a first level communication bus, directly on said first level, only with its family-associated units and with the communication centers in the other families in the same group, thus to enable broadcast communication, and simultaneous cooperative information handling, between different, respective, selected units in the families in the group, independently for each of said collections, a second, higher-level, information-handling level, including means operatively communicative directly with said communication centers in the families in the groups in the associated collection for enabling the selective broadcast communication of information between different centers in the different groups via a second level communication bus, thus to accommodate broadcast communication, and simultaneous cooperative information handling, between selected units in the families in the different groups in the collection, and yet another, even higher-level, information-handling level, including means operatively communicative directly with all of said communication centers in all of said collections for enabling the selective broadcast communication of information between different centers in the different collections via a higher-level communication bus, thus to accommodate broadcsat communications, and simultaneous cooperative information handling, between selected units in the collections.

Claim 7

A neural-model, broadcast-hierarchical, locality-of-communication-dominant, information-handling architecture structure comprising a first information-handling level, including plural information-handling families organized into plural groups of said familes, and into plural collections of said groups, with each family in each group including at least two communication units and an associated communication center for communicating via a first level communication bus, directly on said first level, only with its family-associated units and with the communication centers in the other families in the same group, thus to enable broadcast communication, and simultaneous cooperative information handling, between different, respective, selected units in the families in the group, independently for each of said collections, a second, higher-level, information-handling level, including means operatively communicative directly with said communication centers in the families in the groups in the associated collection for enabling the selective broadcast communication of information between different centers in the different groups via a second level communication bus, thus to accommodate broadcast communication, and simultaneous cooperative information handling, between selected units in the families in the different groups in the collection, and yet another, even higher-level, information-handling level, including means operatively communicative directly with all of said communication centers in all of said collections for enabling the selective broadcast communication of information between different centers in the different collections via a higher-level communication bus, thus to accommodate broadcsat communications, and simultaneous cooperative information handling, between selected units in the collections.

Claim 8

The structure of claim 5, wherein each communication unit comprises a virtual (connection) node, and each communication center comprises a physical (computational) node.

Claim 9

The structure of claims 5 or 6, wherein each communication unit, in conjunction with its family's communication center, is assigned a bit address, and the same communicates with other communication units through a procedure which includes broadcasting of such address.

Claim 10

The structure of claims 5 or 6, wherein certain families operatively reside in more than one group.

Claim 11

A neural-model, broadcast-hierarchical, locality-of-communication-dominant, information-handling method which is implementable by an information-handling architecture structure that includes plural communication units, said method comprising establishing a first information-handling level including plural neighborhoods of such units, creating a communication discourse on a first-level communication bus between selected units on such first level alone, whereby a unit in a given neighborhood is able to communicate only with a neighboring unit, establishing at least a second, higher-level communicating level which is effective operatively to link each neighborhood with at least one other neighborhood, and enabling on such second level a communication discourse on a second-level communication bus between a unit in a given neighborhood with at least one unit in a linked neighborhood.

Claim 12

A neural-model, broadcast-hierarchical, locality-of-communication-dominant, information-handling method which is implementable by an information-handling architecture structure that includes plural communication units, said method comprising establishing a first information-handling level including plural neighborhoods of such units, creating a communication discourse on a first-level communication bus between selected units on such first level alone, whereby a unit in a given neighborhood is able to communicate only with a neighboring unit, establishing at least a second, higher-level communicating level which is effective operatively to link each neighborhood with at least one other neighborhood, and enabling on such second level a communication discourse on a second-level communication bus between a unit in a given neighborhood with at least one unit in a linked neighborhood.

Claim 13

The method of claim 9, which further includes associating a bit addess with each such unit, and promoting communication from the unit through a procedure including broadcasting of such associated address.

Claim 15

The method of claim 11, wherein communication between a given unit and any other units via such levels is enabled simultaneously, and is independent of any other like communication by another unit.