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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2000
James William Feeney, Endicott, NY (US);
Howard Thomas Olnowich, Endwell, NY (US);
George William Wilhelm, Jr., Endwell, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A communications apparatus is provided comprising a plurality of FIFO buffers, each with independent control and priority logic under software control for supporting different types of message traffic, both send and receive, such as comprise a multimedia server system. Processor software directs messages to specific, optimized FIFO buffers. Further, a system is provided including a plurality of nodes wherein a sending node specifies the communications path through the system, selecting specific FIFO buffers in each node for buffering its messages.