Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac – Task management or control
Reexamination Certificate
2004-04-30
2009-06-09
Trujillo, James (Department: 2159)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac
Task management or control
C707S793000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07546600
ABSTRACT:
An embodiment of a method of virtualizing a process identifier begins with creation of a child process from a parent process. The parent process creates the child process by making a system call. If the parent process executes before the child process begins to execute, at a kernel level and without interruption the parent process maps a free virtual process identifier to a kernel process identifier for the child process. If the child process executes before the parent process begins to execute, at the kernel level and without interruption the child process determines the kernel process identifier. The child process then maps the free virtual process identifier to the kernel process identifier.
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Janakiraman Gopalakrishnan
Santos Jose Ranato
Subhraveti Dinesh Kumar
Tumer Yoshio Frank
Hewlett-Packard Development Company
Spieler William
Trujillo James
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