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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Yolanda Colpo, Tucson, AZ (US);

John C. Elliott, Tucson, AZ (US);

Enrique Q. Garcia, Tucson, AZ (US);

Larry Juarez, Tucson, AZ (US);

Todd C. Sorenson, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/707 (2013.01); G06F 11/22 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01); G06F 21/70 (2013.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/22 (2013.01); G06F 9/526 (2013.01); G06F 11/0757 (2013.01); G06F 11/2033 (2013.01); G06F 11/221 (2013.01); G06F 21/70 (2013.01); G06F 2201/805 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with one aspect of the present description, a node of the distributed computing system has multiple communication paths to a data processing resource lock which controls access to shared resources, for example. In this manner, at least one redundant communication path is provided between a node and a data processing resource lock to facilitate reliable transmission of data processing resource lock signals between the node and the data processing resource lock. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application.


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