Transactional virtual machine architecture
US6256637A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 5, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99945
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A virtual machine computer includes multiple threads and can support multiple simultaneous workspaces. Within each workspace, multiple threads are able to access objects simultaneously. Threads are orthogonal to workspaces so that threads are not locked to particular workspaces, workspaces are not locked to particular threads, and the sizes of the workspaces are configurable to the requirements of the transactions within the workspaces. Such a virtual machine may be utilized in a variety of applications including transactional database applications in which multiple users have access to information (e.g., objects) in one or more shared databases. Such applications typically require that data transactions involving the objects in the shared database be performed reliably so as to maintain the integrity of the objects, which are sometimes called persistent objects.
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