Interprocess message passing method in a distributed digital data system
US5261096A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a distributed data system serving a large geographical area and having several network management systems, each for managing system components in a portion of the geographical area, the system including a number of workstations at which administrative commands for configuring or monitoring the network may be entered, each network management system and each workstation hosting a number of software processes, a method is provided of routing messages to processes as a function of the process name and the portion of the geographical area in which it has effect. This method facilitates reconfiguring network management systems to take over the functions of a failed network management system in a manner transparent to operators and administrators at workstations.
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