Patent ID: 8856416
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an input/output (I/O) device to determine whether to defer interrupting of a processor to process a received fragment of electronic data, based at least in part upon both a priority of the received fragment and a number of interrupts generated per unit of time, the device to determine whether to defer the interrupting such that if the priority of the received fragment is a relatively higher priority relative to a relatively lower priority and the number of interrupts generated per the unit of time exceeds a predetermined maximum number, the device is to determine that the interrupting for the received fragment of the relatively higher priority is to be deferred for a particular time period, even though the received fragment is of the relatively higher priority; a graphical user interface to permit user entry of device programmable criteria, the device programmable criteria being to program the device to interupt the processor based upon the criteria, the criteria comprising an elapsed time after receipt of the received fragment and quantity of received fragments of the electronic data; wherein: