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Network interface module with minimized data paths

  • US 4,754,395 A
  • Filed: 05/06/1985
  • Issued: 06/28/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of locating processes in a distributed data processing system, said system comprising a plurality of individual cells and at least two processes resident on different ones of said cells, said method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) generating a request by a first process in a first one of said cells to find the location of a second process not resident on said first cell;

    (b) transmitting said request to a different one of said cells;

    (c) determining whether said second process is resident on said different cell; and

    (d) if said second process is resident on said different cell, informing said first cell of the location of said different cell.

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