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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2009
William Kimble Johnson, Iii, Waltham, MA (US);
Martin Anthony Serrano, Andover, MA (US);
William Kimble Johnson, III, Waltham, MA (US);
Martin Anthony Serrano, Andover, MA (US);
Attivio, Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Abstract
Messages are processed to guarantee proper work scheduling and allow for cyclic and conditional processing. A processing node requiring ordered processing of messages is configured to operate within a plurality of successive processing nodes not requiring ordering processing of messages. Nodes upstream of the ordered node (i) monitor skew between the messages being processed and messages that are ordered after the messages still being processed and that have been forwarded downstream of the node and (ii) pause processing upon reaching skew limits. The nodes upstream of the ordered node limit output of messages to be within a delta of other messages as defined by message IDs. In addition, messages removed from a flow path are replaced by Null messages for ordered processing. Child messages are encoded to incorporate parent IDs preserving ordering systems.