File system based task queue management

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2006-10-24

2006-10-24

Bullock, Jr., Lewis A. (Department: 2195)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C707S793000, C707S793000, C718S102000, C709S201000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07127446

ABSTRACT:
A task queue management technique leverages infrastructure provided by file and operating systems to manage task queues substantially without otherwise typical problems regarding management of the size of the queue and/or the state of the queue (e.g., empty or full) while maintaining, regulating and altering the queue and the order of tasks in the queue. Task producer code is configurable to cause one or more executable files corresponding to each of one or more tasks to be stored in a queue directory responsive to receiving the one or more tasks. A file system associates each executable file with a time stamp indicating when the executable file was stored. Task consumer code is configurable to execute the one or more executable files in an order indicated by the time stamps associated with the executable files and to remove each executable file after execution of each executable file.

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