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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 09, 2007
Eric LI, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Earhart, Snohomish, WA (US);
Dragos C. Sambotin, Issaquah, WA (US);
Eric Li, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Earhart, Snohomish, WA (US);
Dragos C. Sambotin, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A timer service uses a single timer function to perform timing services for both relative and absolute timers. The first timers from a sorted array of absolute timers and relative timers are used in a function that will return when the earliest absolute timer expires or will timeout when the earliest relative timer expires. The timer function may be interrupted when a new timer is added to one of the arrays. The function will operate in a predictable and consistent manner, even when a system clock is adjusted.