Control of non-resettable counters by multiple processes
US5436914A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 8, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/88
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A plurality of processes share a single set of non-resettable counters which are sampled periodically. Each process maintains a list of counter relationships unique to its own process and compares at each sample time the current sampled counter values with a selected function of previously received counter values for each relationship in its list and establishes a counter reset value which is a selected function of the current sampled value when the previously selected function is satisfied.
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