Patent ID: 6760793
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for processing information transactions of multiple transaction types from a first device to a second device across a link between said first device and said second device, said information transactions to and from said first device being subject to a set of ordering rules requiring certain ones of said transaction types to bypass other ones of said transaction types, said method comprising:determining an amount of transaction flow control credits required to store first transaction information originating at said first device; sending a periodic credit message from said second device to said first device, said credit message containing transaction flow control credits for an amount of currently available storage space in said second device, said transaction flow control credits using a single transaction credit type for all of said transaction types; and transferring said first transaction information from said first device to said second device without requiring compliance with said ordering rules applicable to said first device if said currently available transaction flow control credits are sufficient to store said first transaction information.