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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregg D. Weissman, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Gregory W. Dalcher, Placerville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Spyrus, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ;
Abstract
The invention mediates use of a computer resource by multiple events that seek to use the computer resource at the same time. In particular, the invention mediates such use by events that seek to use the computer resource at times that are not known until access to the computer resource is sought. Advantageously, the invention enables mediation of the use of a computer resource when typical operating system functionality provided for that purpose is ineffective. The invention allows work initiated by an event granted access to a resource to be completed by a different, interrupting event.