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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tina L Vrabec, Willoughby Hills, OH (US);
Peter J Boldt, W. Farmington, OH (US);
Amy J Wallaert, Concord, OH (US);
Scot A Tutkovics, Sagamore Hills, OH (US);
Assignee:
Allen-Bradley Company, LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395880 ; 395878 ; 395860 ; 395892 ; 364260 ;
Abstract
A system for scheduling periodic events having varying rates. The system uses a linked list type data structure and an array to schedule the plurality of events having varying rates. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, data items are scheduled for transfer during a plurality of data transfer intervals. The linked list type data structure is traversed for each data transfer interval to collect the data items requiring transfer.