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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Ronald John Bowater, Hampshire, GB;
Raymond Jepson, Hampshire, GB;
Yuk-lun Wong, Hampshire, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention streams data by identifying an existing streaming data channel and disabling the channel so that data can not be streamed; breaking the channel to form at least one pair of channel connection points; connecting at least one streaming data plug-in between the connection points; and enabling the channel so that streaming data can flow through the channel via the plug-in, wherein the at least one plug-in can process the streaming data as it flows trough the channel.