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File transfer utility which employs an intermediate data storage system

US6438586B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1996
Grant dateAug 20, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/544
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of communicating between first and second processes running on a plurality of host processors that are connected to a data storage system, the method including the steps of establishing a connection between the first and second processes through the data storage system; and by using the connection established through the data storage system, sending information between the first and second processes.

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