Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Digital data processing system initialization or configuration
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-26
2008-10-14
Elamin, Abdelmoniem (Department: 2116)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Digital data processing system initialization or configuration
C713S002000, C710S015000, C709S203000, C709S213000, C709S219000, C709S230000, C709S250000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07437547
ABSTRACT:
Offloading specific processing tasks that would otherwise be performed in a computer system's processor and memory, to a peripheral device. The computing task is then performed by the peripheral, thereby saving computer system resources for other computing tasks. In one preferred embodiment, the disclosed method is utilized in a layered network model, wherein computing tasks that are typically performed in network applications are instead offloaded to the network interface card (NIC) peripheral.
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Dabagh Alireza
Hyder Jameel
Kaniyar Sanjay
Srinivas NK
Elamin Abdelmoniem
Microsoft Corporation
Workman Nydegger
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