Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogra – Event handling or event notification
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-05
2010-02-09
Maung, Zarni (Department: 2451)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogra
Event handling or event notification
C719S313000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07661112
ABSTRACT:
A background event buffer manager (BEBM) for ordering and accounting for events in a data processing system having a processor includes a port for receiving event identifications (IDs) from a device, a queuing function enabled for queuing event IDs received, and a notification function for notifying the processor of queued event IDs. The BEBM handles all event ordering and accounting for the processor. The BEBM in preferred embodiments queues events by type with priority and by priority within type, and also handles sending acknowledgement to the device when processing on each event is concluded, and buffers the acknowledgement process. In particular embodiments the apparatus and method is taught as a packet processing router engine.
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Musoll Enric
Nemirovsky Adolfo
Nemirovsky Mario
Sankar Narendra
Maung Zarni
MIPS Technologies Inc.
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
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