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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald A Ippolito, Rochester, NY (US);
Ernest L Legg, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364900 ;
Abstract
A Timer Manager for controlling communication between intelligent processors. The Timer Manager is a software on silicon building block to extend the instruction set of the underlying microprocessor and to provide a real time multitask capability. The Timer Manager handles suspension of tasks waiting for a switch or sensor input, a real time clock or machine clock delay, or waiting on a condition time of one of many switch, sensor or clock signals.