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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eisuke Shimomura, Hyogo, JP;
Munehiro Yoshida, Hyogo, JP;
Assignees:
Mitsubishi Electric Semiconductor Software Co., Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
713200 ; 714 38 ; 380-4 ;
Abstract
In a program-invocation-count measuring system, first and second identification codes are acquired and exchanged among processes as a broadcast or response signal. The first identification code is used for determining whether there are currently active processes which have been activated by invoking the same program. On the other hand, the second identification code is used for determining whether a response signal received by a process is the same as a broadcast signal transmitted earlier by the process.