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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodney N Gamache, Merrimac, NH (US);
Stuart J Farnham, Mason, NH (US);
Michael S Harvey, Nashua, NH (US);
Assignee:
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395650 ; 3642813 ;
Abstract
The supply of available tasks that may be executed by a blocked processor while it is waiting for the end of a conflict with another processor, is controlled by temporarily lowering the interrupt priority to a minimum level above which it will be permitted to accept other tasks for execution.