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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:
Aug. 16, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey A East, Aptos, CA (US);
Marilyn E Fries, Redmond, CA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395650 ; 364D / ; 3642843 ; 364284 ;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for passing respective messages from at least one writer process to multiple respective readers processes comprising: a storage buffer for storing a sequence of respective messages; and an access mechanism for providing respective multiple points of access for the respective reader processes to the sequence of respective messages; wherein for each of the multiple points of access, the access mechanism sequentially provides access to the respective messages of the sequence.