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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:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1999
Mark D. Rustad, Edina, MN (US);
Mark D. Rustad, Edina, MN (US);
Digi International, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems, devices, structures, and methods are provided to allow resources to be shared among a plurality of processors. An exemplary system includes a mechanism to grant exclusive control of a resource to a processor, while at the same time, the fast memory of such a processor is maintained in a coherent state. An exemplary structure includes data structures that help to identify the portion of the fast memory of the processor to be maintained in a coherent state. An exemplary method includes a determination of past and present processors that have had access to the resource so as to maintain the coherency of the fast memory of the processor.