Apparatus and method for processing data streams
US8930754B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 8, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1443
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A distributed architecture and method for maintaining the integrity of data streams within a multi-pipelined processing environment. The architecture comprising a communications network for carrying a plurality of data streams and a master processor adapted to process one or more messages in at least one of the data streams, the message processing including the creation of one or more data packets within the stream, each packet encapsulating at least a transaction summary of the data that has been processed. The architecture further comprising at least one slave processor per master processor adapted to emulate the transactional state of the master processor by regenerating the data stream as a result of processing the one or more data packets, whereupon in response to an error event on the master processor, the slave processor acts to avoid interrupting the data stream by generating one or more successive data packet(s). Hence, the architecture and method serve as a high availability, robust fault tolerant system, mitigating against the loss of data within data streams.
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