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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1993
Ruth A Allen, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Lisa M Goetze, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey M Nick, Fishkill, NY (US);
Kelly B Pushong, Highland, NY (US);
David H Surman, Milton, NY (US);
Michael D Swanson, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for managing information in a data processing system is provided. The data processing system includes one or more operating systems coupled to a coupling facility. Stored within the coupling facility is data, which is accessed by one or more users. The status of those users are also stored in the coupling facility. A number of operating system services are provided for recording the users' status and managing the data and the users of the data. The data may include cache, list and/or lock structures.