Method of configuring alternative instances of an element class in a software system
US5493681A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 1994 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/44
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Alternative instances of an element class are configured in a software system. In one instance, called a single element instance, the software system is configured to support a single element of a class of existing hardware/software elements, called an element class. In another instance, called a multiple element instance, the software system is configured to support multiple elements of the element class. For example, the single element instance might utilize only a single central processing unit (CPU), whereas the multiple element instance allows for several different CPUs to be utilized.
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