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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:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Steven Froehlich, Danbury, CT (US);
Michel H. T. Hack, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Xiaoqiao Meng, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
LI Zhang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Inventors:
Steven Froehlich, Danbury, CT (US);
Michel H. T. Hack, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Xiaoqiao Meng, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Li Zhang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/12 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer system is arranged with a circular buffer that includes a piecewise linear map from a high-resolution counter arranged to maintain International Atomic Time. The piecewise linear map includes a current leg that is currently being used and also a future leg that will be used in the future. The future leg is computed while the current leg is still being used.