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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Mike Holmes, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Mark Jeffrey Tadman, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Leon Arie Krantz, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395500 ; 39520081 ; 395288 ; 39580026 ; 370403 ; 370452 ;
Abstract
A hardware message transfer control unit designated as the Auxiliary Message Arbitrator Unit (AMA) manages message transfers and transfer protocols in a network of sending and receiving digital hardware modules. Flexibility of network expansion to include software emulated digital modules to the hardware modules is provided in RAM circuitry at the message transfer control unit.