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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5619656 | System for uninterruptively displaying only relevant and non-redundant alert message of the highest severity for specific condition associated with group of computers being managed The system and method of this invention automatically manages a group of computers by automatically gathering data, storing the data, analyzing the stored data to identify specified conditions, and initiating automated actions to respond to the detected c... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617541 | System for packetizing data encoded corresponding to priority levels where reconstructed data corresponds to fractionalized priority level and received fractionalized packets A data distribution system has a number of data processing devices interconnected by data transmission media. At least one of the data processing devices transmit data to other data processing devices in the system. The transmitting data processing system... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5592622 | Network intermediate system with message passing architecture A system uses a message passing paradigm for transferring large amounts of input/output data among a plurality of processors, such as a network intermediate system or router. A bus interconnects the plurality of processors with a plurality of bus interfac... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5574934 | Preemptive priority-based transmission of signals using virtual channels A computer system for transmitting two or more types of signals. Each type of signal is assigned a priority level. Signals of a particular type are transmitted as they become ready for transmission, unless signals of a different type having a greater prio... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5544318 | Asynchronous media server request processing system for servicing reprioritizing request from a client determines whether or not to delay executing said reprioritizing request An asynchronous adaptive media server mechanism permits a user to navigate around a modelled multimedia space as quickly as input events or instances are handled. The mechanism permits cancellation of outstanding queued requests that have become obsolete ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5524213 | Method of structuring messages for exchanging data and/or for synchronizing processes in a data processing system wherein at least two stations are connected to each other via a serial bus The invention is directed to a method for structuring messages for the exchange of data and/or for the synchronization of processes in data processing systems. A message includes at least elements with respect to start (start-bit, SOF), identification (al... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5507031 | Data processing system having scanner for searching memory for message having top priority and/or identity code identical with new message A scanning unit is incorporated in a computer system communicable with another computer system for searching a random access memory unit for a message with the top priority as well as for identifying a received message with the message already stored in t... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5506966 | System for message traffic control utilizing prioritized message chaining for queueing control ensuring transmission/reception of high priority messages An on-line data processing system for providing a traffic control over the message queuing buffers that temporarily store the messages in order to absorb the difference in the message processing speed between the on-line program processing unit and the tr... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5333267 | Ring interconnect system architecture An improved computer system ring interconnection comprising a plurality of nodes each such node being associated with at least one of a plurality of computer system components; transmission apparatus connecting each of said nodes to a node which is a sour... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5282272 | Interrupt distribution scheme for a computer bus A method of handling processor to processor interrupt requests in a multiprocessing computer bus environment is described. This method allows a multiple-tiered, increasing priority, interrupt request scheme. This method also allows processor to processor ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5165019 | Ring interconnect system architecture In an improved computer system ring interconnection including a plurality of nodes such nodes being connected by transmission apparatus to a source node of information and a recipient node of information and being associated with at least one of a plurali... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5131092 | Communication system enabling programmable logic controllers access to host computer tasks and host computer access to programmable logic controllers without polling A high speed control system allows for transferring messages between a programmable logic controller and a host computer over an Ethernet communications network. The host computer includes prioritized alarm queues for receiving prioritized alarms from the... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5099414 | Interrupt handling in a multi-processor data processing system A multi-processor data processing system, comprises a plurality of data processing modules. A set of interrupt lines are connected in parallel to all the processing modules. Each processing module has a priority level, and the lowest priority module is se... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4945471 | Message transmission system for selectively transmitting one of two colliding messages based on contents thereof A multiprocessor system intercouples the processors wtih an active logic network having a plurality of priority determining nodes. Messages applied concurrently to the network in groups are sorted, using the data content of the messages, to a single or co... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4754428 | Apparatus and method of distributing documents to remote terminals with different formats A method and apparatus are described for the electronic delivery of a document, originated at a local site by a source which has a printer output that normally is connected to a printer, to one or more remote locations having printers or display devices w... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4724520 | Modular multiport data hub A data hub for facilitating and effecting data transfers between signal processors with high efficiency is disclosed. The data hub receives low priority data transfer instructions from a master CPU and is capable of transferring such low priority data bet... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4611274 | Data transmission system via power supply line This disclosure is directed to a data transmission system via the power supply line wherein it is characterized in that; it effectively controls branching terminal units connected to the CPU via the power supply line, by transmitting a high frequency AC s... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4547850 | Priority control method and apparatus for common bus of data processing system In a system of the type in which processing units and terminal devices are connected to a common bus so that messages can be transmitted and received between these units and devices via the bus, the processing units and the terminal devices are connected ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4543630 | Data processing systems and methods A multiprocessor system intercouples the processors with an active logic network having a plurality of priority determining nodes. Messages applied concurrently to the network in groups are sorted, using the data content of the messages, to a single or co... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4489379 | Distributed data processing in ring-structured networks architected for full duplex peer-to-peer operation of processing stations and uninterruptible transfer of long data records between stations In a ring-structured data communication network, in which plural data processing systems exchange data and control information on a full duplex peer to peer basis, systems are presently architected to assign at least three I/O subchannels (i.e. at least t... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4412285 | Multiprocessor intercommunication system and method A system using a sorting network to intercouple multiple processors so as to distribute priority messages to all processors is characterized by semaphore means accessible to both the local processors and the global resource via the network. Transaction nu... | 10/25/1983 |
