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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Jeffrey Tadman, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Richard Mike Holmes, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Leon Arie Krantz, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709216 ; 709230 ; 710200 ;
Abstract
A method for message transfers between digital modules in a network where some modules are hardware implemented and some modules are emulated in software. An Auxiliary Message Arbitrator Unit utilizes Main Memory storage for messages destined for receiving modules. Algorithmic sequencing means maintains chronological transfer operations of messages and uses hard and soft Interrupt signal queues to inform respective hard and soft modules of pending messages for them to retrieve.