Patent ID: 9152689
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a stream of tuples, each tuple containing one or more attributes, comprising: processing the attributes of the stream of tuples using stream operators operating on one or more computer processors and corresponding to one or more processing elements; detecting an indicative element from a plurality of stream operators; transmitting, in response to detecting the indicative element, a passthru command to a processing element corresponding to the indicative element, wherein the transmitting the passthru command includes: determining a performance factor of the passthru command on the processing element, determining a threshold based on resources of a computing system, and selecting, in response to the performance factor falling within the threshold, the passthru command; and altering, in response to receiving the passthru command at the processing element, a portion of attribute processing for the indicative element.