Method and system for arbitrating computer access to a...

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2007-04-24

2010-06-08

Duong, Oanh (Department: 2455)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Multicomputer data transferring via shared memory

C709S216000, C709S224000, C711S150000, C711S152000, C711S163000

Reexamination Certificate

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07734713

ABSTRACT:
A method of arbitrating access to a storage medium that is shared by M first computers operating on a Windows™ operating comprising (1) determining if the SCSI PR-flag has been set; (2) if yes, preventing the N second computers from writing to the storage medium; and (3) setting the SCSI MC-flag for each of said M first computers after one of the second computers writes to the storage medium to notify the M first computers that the contents of the storage medium may have changed.

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