The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 21, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1995
Amy Chang, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Hui-I Hsiao, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Anant D Jhingran, Elmford, NY (US);
Walter Gene Wilson, New Paltz, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a system having producer and consumer processes, a producing process look ahead in its outgoing data stream to ensure that there is data available to consumers on all outgoing streams. The producer looks ahead by keeping a data array in its memory space with an entry for each connected consumer. When the outgoing data stream becomes blocked, the producer searches the array for empty connections. Then, the producer scans the outgoing data stream for messages to send over the empty connections and sends such messages. Periodically, the producer checks the original connection to see if the blocking condition has ended.