Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing – Network resource allocating
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-29
2005-03-29
Etienne, Ario (Department: 2157)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
Network resource allocating
C709S201000, C718S102000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06874027
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for providing the functionality of dynamically-allocated threads in a multithreaded system, in which the operating system provides only statically-allocated threads. With this functionality, a relatively large number of threads can be maintained without a relatively large amount of overhead (either in memory or processor time), and it remains possible to produce program code without undue complexity. A plurality of dynamically-allocated threads are simulated using a single statically-allocated thread, but with state information regarding each dynamically-allocated thread maintained within the single statically-allocated thread. The single statically-allocated thread includes, for each procedure call that would otherwise introduce a new simulated thread, a memory block including (1) a relatively small procedure call stack for the new simulated thread, and (2) a relatively small collection of local variables and other state information for the new simulated thread.
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Etienne Ario
Network Appliance Inc.
Salad Abdullahi E.
Swernofsky Law Group PC
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