Patent ID: 6298386
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of operating a file server to service messages of concurrent connection oriented processes and connectionless processes, the messages originating from a plurality of clients in a data network, the messages being sent in a plurality of pipes to the file server, including pipes conveying messages of the connection oriented processes and at least one pipe conveying messages of the connectionless processes, said method comprising the steps of:(a) the file server receiving messages from the pipes and placing them in a queue combining messages of the connection oriented processes with messages of the connectionless processes, and placing in the queue with each message an indication of the pipe from which the file server received said each message; and(b) the file server receiving the messages from the queue and servicing the messages by interpreting the messages, formulating replies, and directing the replies to the pipes from which the file server received the messages for transmission to the clients from which the messages originated.