Event notification in a computer system
US5925108A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 31, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/17
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method separate the order in which event handlers register from the order in which the event handlers are notified of events. This allows any convenient registration order to be used together with a notification order that corresponds to a network architecture, a memory hierarchy, or another familiar scale. The notification order is determined by the event producers, and therefore may be reversed without re-registering the event handlers. Events may be broadcast, may carry data between event handlers, and may be consumed to prevent further notifications.
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