Program-invocation-count measuring system, program-invocation-count measuring method, and medium for storing program-invocation-count measuring software
US5964876A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 12, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/121
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a program-invocation-count measuring system, first and second identification codes are acquired and exchanged among processes as a broadcast or response signal. The first identification code is used for determining whether there are currently active processes which have been activated by invoking the same program. On the other hand, the second identification code is used for determining whether a response signal received by a process is the same as a broadcast signal transmitted earlier by the process.
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