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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Andrew D J Banks, Romsey, GB;
David Ware, Downton, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew D J Banks, Romsey, GB;
David Ware, Downton, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/18 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H03M 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed a source messaging system having a queue for receiving messages. The source messaging system has means for determining whether a message should be permitted to become INDOUBT. This is done by retrieving a value denoting the maximum number of messages that may be permitted to become INDOUBT at any one time; determining whether the message falls within the range denoted by the value; and responsive to determining that the message falls within the range, permitting the message to become INDOUBT.