Apparatus and method for dispatching client method calls within a server computer system
US5925098A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/2866
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for dispatching client requests within a server computer system, wherein the client requests are issued from at least one client computer system on a different platform from said server computer system and are passed through a communications channel to said server computer system, the apparatus comprising: a buffer having an input connected to said communications channel and an output; a plurality of parallel execution threads connected to said output of said buffer; and a scheduling means for distributing client requests stored in said buffer to said plurality of execution threads in a manner such that related client requests are sent to the same execution thread.
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