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Method and apparatus for supporting a select () system call and interprocess communication in a fault-tolerant, scalable distributed computer environment

US6470398B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 7, 1997
Grant dateOct 22, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/546
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computing environment (2) includes multiple CPUs (5a-c), multiple nonshared memory spaces and a means for implementing a select system call (10a-c). The connection maintenance system is both fault-tolerant and scalable in that agents (30-33a-c) exist independently in each nonshared memory space to handle interprocess connections between memory

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