Patent ID: 6032200
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
An automatic method for process scheduling of streaming data in a computer system comprising the following steps:a. dividing a service cycle into a first plurality of input/output (I/O) phases for a second plurality of streams of real-time data, wherein said second plurality has a maximum value equal to said first plurality;b. for each of said first plurality of I/O phases, scheduling one of a second plurality of disk jobs, if any, for retrieving a portion of one of said second plurality of streams of real-time data from a storage medium; andc. scheduling a first plurality of network jobs for each of said second plurity of disk jobs, each of said first plurality of network jobs scheduled to be processed in each of said I/O phases, and for processing and transmitting a portion of data contained in each of said second plurality of disk jobs, so that all of the data containing each of said second plurality of disk jobs is scheduled to be completely transmitted within said service cycle.