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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2008
Brian Don Zill, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Garfield Thaler, Iii, Redmond, WA (US);
Parveen K. Patel, Redmond, WA (US);
Rebecca Isaacs, Cambridge, GB;
Yongguang Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);
Brian Don Zill, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Garfield Thaler, III, Redmond, WA (US);
Parveen K. Patel, Redmond, WA (US);
Rebecca Isaacs, Cambridge, GB;
Yongguang Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods that facilitate inter-process networking are described that can provide inter-process communication, firewall restrictions, process and host mobility, as well as parallelization of task performance. In various embodiments, a computer process can be provided with its own internet protocol address and network stack to facilitate inter-process networking. In further embodiments, a gateway process can facilitate process mobility, host mobility, and parallelization of task performance, as well as management of a host area network by facilitating inter-process communication between suitably configured processes.