Patent ID: 11928344
Assignee: YELLOWBRICK DATA, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. The system of claim 7:
wherein the at least one of the plurality of credits comprises more than one of the plurality of credits; and
additionally comprising:
a node buffer provider at the parent node for providing at an output an instruction regarding queueing buffers returned by the child node to the parent node;
a child buffer returner at the child node and having an input coupled to the central authority redeemer output for receiving the at least one buffer identifier, the child buffer returner for providing at an output the plurality of buffer identifiers, to be returned to the parent node; and
a link parent manager having an input coupled to the node buffer provider output for receiving the instruction and coupled to the child buffer returner output for receiving the plurality of buffer identifiers, the link parent manager for providing at an output to an input of a node buffer receiver at the parent node, the plurality of buffer identifiers, in a plurality of batches, each having a size responsive to the instruction.