Patent ID: RE39763

Claim:
A method comprising: configuring an isochronous channel within a computer system to include a linked list of buffers configured to receive isochronous data transmitted within said computer system , each buffer comprising a data field for storing the isochronous data and a condition field for storing condition data to be evaluated ; adding a sender client configured to transmit said isochronous data to said isochronous channel, said sender client being a software driver routine associated with a sender node of said computer system , and providing said sender client with a channel identifier ; and adding a listener client to said isochronous channel, said listener client being a software driver routine associated with a listener node of said computer system, by providing said listener client with said channel identifier said listener client loading the isochronous data into the linked list of buffers, and evaluating the condition data in the condition field to determine a next one of the buffers from which to next access isochronous data .