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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5490271 | Remote interrupt processing over a network A local application connected to a remote application over a computer network can interrupt processing of the remote application. To do so, a new communications link is opened, and an identifier of the remote process to be interrupted is passed to the rem... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5471615 | Distributed data processing system having front-end and back-end computers with different operating systems A distributed data processing system is provided in which two computers, each running under a different operating system, are coupled so that jobs initiated by a first one of the computers can be executed on a second computer by using the resources of the... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5446679 | Method for an operator station to perform requested functions when a functions processor is unable In a communication system (100) that includes an operator station (105-107), a functions processor (104) and peripheral communication devices (108-109), the operator station (105-107) may perform functions when the functions processor (104) is unable in t... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5446883 | Method and system for distributed information management and document retrieval A distributed computer system and method for integrating call management to the retrieval of documents in response to user inquiries includes distributed computers, a processor connected to an incident table register, a user table register and an acyclic ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5442791 | Integrated remote execution system for a heterogenous computer network environment An integrated remote execution system manages resources and provides for the distributed and remote execution of remote requests to those resources in a heterogenous computer network environment that has a plurality of resources loosely coupled to each ot... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5416905 | Method of program management for multiple computer system In a multiple computer system, a computer sends a program annexed with a code representative of the characteristic (e.g., the content and length of the program, the cooperation with other programs, the content of input and output data) of the program to t... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5410651 | Program loading method and system for distributed processing system In a distributed processing system wherein a plurality of processors are connected through a network and wherein programs are transmitted among the processors; each of the processors monitors the status of a program in the processor or the load status of ... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5404532 | Persistent/impervious event forwarding discriminator A new event forwarding discriminator (EFD) EFD named the persistent/impervious event forwarding discriminator (PI EFD) is described herein. The PI EFD is monitored by the agent infrastructure in such a way that if the agent goes down, and thus the PI EFD ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5377323 | Apparatus and method for a federated naming system which can resolve a composite name composed of names from any number of disparate naming systems In a distributed computing environment, an apparatus and method for a federated Naming System which can resolve Composite Names comprised of Names from an arbitrary number of disparate Naming Systems. A syntax for Composite Names is defined as well as nec... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5367635 | Network management agent with user created objects providing additional functionality A computer network management software agent which includes the ability for users to add new user defined management objects. A user editable text file defines object identifications, object types, and the path and name of associated executable software. ... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5347632 | Reception system for an interactive computer network and method of operation An interactive computer system network enables a user to display desired information, such as news, financial and cultural information, and perform desired transactional services, such as banking and shopping, through any of a plurality of types of person... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5337360 | Method and apparatus for creating, supporting, and using travelling programs A method and apparatus for creating, supporting and using a "travelling program" is disclosed. A "travelling program" is a digital data structure which includes a sequence of instructions and associated data and which has the capability of determining at ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5303243 | Network management system capable of easily switching from an active to a backup manager In a network system comprising first through N-th agents, each of which performs a management operation on a management object (N representing a predetermined natural number which is not less than two), an active manager for managing the first through the... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5274810 | Dynamic control of program execution order on a personal computer A personal computer (PC) operating with terminal emulation software as a terminal to mainframe host computer has means for dynamically reordering the programs it runs other than the terminal emulation software. It has provision for receiving program names... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5163131 | Parallel I/O network file server architecture A file server architecture is disclosed, comprising as separate processors, a network controller unit, a file controller unit and a storage processor unit. These units incorporate their own processors, and operate in parallel with a local Unix host proces... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5155808 | System for cooperatively executing programs by sequentially sending a requesting message to serially connected computers In a computer network system comprising a plurality of computers connected to a communication line, each computer executes a program including a function. In one of the computers, a judging section is supplied with a request indicative of the function fro... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5126932 | Method and apparatus for executing a program in a heterogeneous multiple computer system A program, consisting of data and a plurality of successive operations on the data, is executed on a distributed heterogeneous multiple computer system having a plurality of autonomous nodes each including a processor and associated memory. A control arra... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5031090 | Multi-processor data processing system and method for processing function packets A data processing system comprises a number of processing nodes, each having a processor and a local store. The workload of the system is represented by packets, including function packets specifying a function and pointers to one or more argument packets... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4891785 | Method for transferring data files between computers in a network response to generalized application program instructions A method for transferring data files between processors in a linked network of computer processors, under applications program control operable in one or more of the processors, wherein a special applications program instruction is devised to cause the ex... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4882674 | Apparatus and method for control of one computer system by another computer system Apparatus and method whereby a first digital computer system may be controlled by a second digital computer system. The two digital computer systems are connected by data transfer apparatus. A program in the second digital computer system constructs a cal... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4731750 | Workstation resource sharing A system allows a workstation to utilize the resources of another workstation without requiring the presence of an operator on the second workstation. These resources can include memory and processor cycles, and I/O devices including disk, diskette, print... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4630196 | Store and forward facility for use in multiprocessing environment A store and forward facility for use in a multiprocessing, multinode environment is disclosed wherein two fundamental processes (transfer and delivery) perform the bulk of the activities required in this facility. A transfer process permits the creation o... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4530051 | Program process execution in a distributed multiprocessor system A method and apparatus for executing parts of a program process on two processors of a multiprocessor system. A home process resides in a home processor and is the destination process of all interprocess messages. The home process may call for the executi... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4519029 | Data communications system with automatic communications mode A data communication system in which a host data processing system is responsive to an automated sequence of data processing request signals from a remote data processing system. The remote data processing system includes a means for generating and storin... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4462075 | Job processing method utilizing a plurality of information processing devices A job processing method is provided for use in an information processing system including three or more information processing devices connected to a common transmission line: (a) first of all, in case the occurrence of a job is detected at one of the thr... | 07/24/1984 |
