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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.:

US 5210871 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1993

Filed:

Jul. 31, 1990

Interprocessor communication for a fault-tolerant, mixed redundancy

Applicant:
Inventors:

Jaynarayan H Lala, Wellesley, MA (US);

Stuart J Adams, Medford, MA (US);

Assignee:

The Charles Stark Draper Labroatory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);

Attorney:

O'Connell; Robert F.

Primary Examiner:

Michael R Fleming

Assistant Examiner:

Gopal C Ray

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395650 ; 395725 ; 395325 ; 3408255 ; 34082551 ; 364228 ; 3642283 ; 364229 ; 3642412 ; 3642301 ; 3642426 ; 364271 ; 3642712 ; 364D / ;
Abstract

A method for resolving access contentions by a plurality of processing sites having the same or different redundancies to a shared communications system wherein the start of the access contention process is first synchronized for all contending sites. A determination is then made of which sites are performing tasks of the highest criticality level and a subsequent determination is made as to which of such highest criticality sites has the highest priority level. Access is then provided to the site having the highest priority level.

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Lala, Jaynarayan. (1993). Interprocessor communication for a fault-tolerant, mixed redundancy (U.S. Patent No. 5210871). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5210871

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