Patent ID: 6397350
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a network computing system environment having a main storage capable of connecting to at least one application server and an interface element with at least one adapter capable of establishing processing communication with at least one application user(s) such that data may be sent between any application server and any user, a method for providing direct processing access between said main storage and said interface element comprising the steps of:sending outgoing or receiving incoming data using said adapter; setting up one or more queues in main storage without causing interrupts in any running programs, said queues containing state information of said data for use by one or more applications of said at least one application server; updating status of said network computing system to environment to reflect said outgoing or incoming data; processing data in said main storage by interrogating multiple existing queues in said main storage; determining from interrogating said queues appropriate application server to which said data has to be forwarded to or is coming from.