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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2004
Applicants:

Frederic Robin, Saint Nazaire les Eymes, FR;

Alain Artieri, Saint-Martin d'Heres, FR;

Stephane Audrain, Grenoble, FR;

Jacques Dumarest, Notre Dame de Mesage, FR;

Vincent Lefftz, Grenoble, FR;

Inventors:

Frederic Robin, Saint Nazaire les Eymes, FR;

Alain Artieri, Saint-Martin d'Heres, FR;

Stephane Audrain, Grenoble, FR;

Jacques Dumarest, Notre Dame de Mesage, FR;

Vincent Lefftz, Grenoble, FR;

Assignee:

STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); H04N 9/80 (2006.01); H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for processing different concurrent tasks by a subsystem managed by a central processor. Each tasks is comprised of successive messages including a first message, intermediate messages, and a last message. Each intermediate message comprises a subtask parameter and a link to the next message that indicates the time when the next message is to be processed. The central processor and the subsystem are connected to a storage memory and several counters associated with respective tasks. The system and method reduce task disruptions of the system.


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