Streaming object instantiation using bookmarks
US7979566B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 25, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4493
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Bookmarking of tokens in a set of streaming tokens, each representing an instantiation instruction or instantiation context. A navigator receives a set of streaming tokens, and provides the tokens to the instantiation manager. However, if the navigator receives an instruction to bookmark a particular token, the navigator buffers the set of streaming instructions at least beginning at the bookmarked token (and possible even earlier if there were prior bookmarks). The navigator replays the set of streaming tokens beginning at a bookmark in response to an instruction from an instantiation manager. The instantiation manager receives the set of streaming tokens. If the instantiation manager is not presently capable of handling the instruction of a particular token, the instantiation manager instructs the navigator to bookmark the particular token. When the instantiation manager later receives a token that permits the instantiation manager to return to the bookmark, the instantiation manager returns to the bookmark to replay the instantiation instructions beginning at the bookmark.
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