Handling Messages in a Computing Device
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1. A method for handling messages relating to data processing operations in a computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving a message from a client process at a dispatching entity;
in response to receiving the message, retrieving, from an entity external to the dispatching entity, data specifying how the message is to be handled; and
in response to retrieving the data, causing one or more selected components of the computing device to carry out a data processing operation indicated in the message, by sending further messages from the dispatching entity to the said components.
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Abstract
A method for determining dynamically how data processing requests are to be handled within a computing device. On receipt of a message at a central dispatching entity, the dispatching entity retrieves information from a database specifying how the message is to be handled, and in response it issues commands to selected components within the computing device to cause a data processing operation to be performed.
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1. A method for handling messages relating to data processing operations in a computing device, the method comprising:
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receiving a message from a client process at a dispatching entity; in response to receiving the message, retrieving, from an entity external to the dispatching entity, data specifying how the message is to be handled; and in response to retrieving the data, causing one or more selected components of the computing device to carry out a data processing operation indicated in the message, by sending further messages from the dispatching entity to the said components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A dispatching entity for handling messages relating to data processing operations in a computing device, the dispatching entity being arranged to perform:
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receiving a message from a client process at a dispatching entity; in response to receiving the message, retrieving, from an entity external to the dispatching entity, data specifying how the message is to be handled; and in response to retrieving the data, causing one or more selected components of the computing device to carry out a data processing operation indicated in the message, by sending further messages from the dispatching entity to the said components. - View Dependent Claims (10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising computer program code arranged to perform:
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receiving a message from a client process at a dispatching entity; in response to receiving the message, retrieving, from an entity external to the dispatching entity, data specifying how the message is to be handled; and in response to retrieving the data, causing one or more selected components of the computing device to carry out a data processing operation indicated in the message, by sending further messages from the dispatching entity to the said components.
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