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Channel subsystem server time protocol commands

US9164699B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 2014
Grant dateOct 20, 2015
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/28
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A protocol for communicating with the timing facility used in a data processing network to provide synchronization is provided via the execution of a machine instruction that accepts a plurality of commands. The interaction is provided through the use of message request blocks and their associated message response blocks. In this way timing parameters may be determined, modified and communicated. This makes it much easier for multiple servers or nodes in a data processing network to exist as a coordinated timing network and to thus more cooperatively operate on the larger yet identical data files.

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