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Systems and methods for facilitating dependency-ordered delivery of data sets to applications within distributed systems

US9471402B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 23, 2015
Grant dateOct 18, 2016
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2209/548
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method for facilitating dependency-ordered delivery of data sets to applications within distributed systems may include (1) receiving, at a queue of an application running within a distributed system, a data set from at least one other application running within the distributed system, (2) determining that the data set has a dependency on at least one other data set that has yet to arrive, (3) gating the data set at the queue due at least in part to the dependency, (4) receiving, at the queue, the other data set from the other application, (5) determining that the dependency has been satisfied, and then (6) delivering the data set and the other data set to the application to enable the application to process the data set and the other data set in accordance with the dependency. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

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