Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer conferencing – Cooperative computer processing
Patent
1997-11-24
2000-01-18
Treat, William M.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer conferencing
Cooperative computer processing
709 1, 709 7, 709248, 709400, G06F 1300
Patent
active
060165057
ABSTRACT:
A barrier synchronization program product in a distributed computing environment. A group of members, including a plurality of related processes executing on one or more processors of the distributed computing environment, is provided a protocol having a dynamic number of synchronization phases. The protocol is voted on by one or more members of the group to determine how the protocol should proceed for the group of members. The protocol may complete successfully, continue to another synchronization phase or be rejected. The group of members determines how many synchronization phases the protocol is to include.
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Badovinatz Peter Richard
Blount Marion Lee
Brenner Larry Bert
Chandra Tushar Deepak
Gopal Ajei Sarat
Gonzalez Floyd A.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Patel Gautam R.
Schiller Blanche E.
Treat William M.
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