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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2005
Michael D. Volodarsky, Seattle, WA (US);
Patrick Yu-kwan NG, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael D. Volodarsky, Seattle, WA (US);
Patrick Yu-Kwan Ng, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for intermediate buffering of data for the purpose of controlling its delivery to the consumer. The systems and methods for buffering data can arbitrate between the incoming data flow from the generating component and the outgoing data flow to the consumer. In doing so, the systems and methods for buffering of data seek to honor the delivery demands and/or constraints of the consumer, while avoiding the loss of the data generated by the producer. The delivery demands of the consumer may include requirements pertaining to maximum acceptable incoming data rate, the desired incoming data rate, incoming data aggregation, the desired freshness of the data, and tolerance for event loss. The generation component constraints may include the space limitations on buffering data within the data buffer.