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Method and apparatus for processing data in a decentralized processing system

US5003469A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 8, 1988
Grant dateMar 26, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F15/161
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a decentralized processing system comprising a multiplicity of processors linked together through a transmission medium, a method of processing data of variable length that can be relocated in the transmission medium wherein each processor stores in a blank area of its own memory the data received from the transmission medium using information that indicates the size of the data and location of the data stored in the processor.

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