Patent ID: 6345326
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A computer program device comprising:a computer program storage device readable by a digital processing apparatus; a program means on the program storage device and including instructions executable by said digital processing apparatus for performing the method of ensuring that all queues in a queuing mechanism residing on said program storage device remain active and that any data in said queues is being timely processed, said method comprising: designating at least one set of queues in said queuing mechanism as input queues and another as output queues; issuing a signal adapter instruction to provide initiative to check content of any or all queues in said queuing mechanism; specifying initiate-output or initiate-input appropriately by means of said signal adapter instruction to cause associated adapter to asynchronously process said output or input queues; and causing synchronization by means of said signal adapter instruction by signaling said associated data queues to update all entries in order to render them current.