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Wrapper system for enabling a non-multitasking application to access shared resources in a multitasking environment

  • US 5,465,363 A
  • Filed: 12/30/1993
  • Issued: 11/07/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for processing a request generated by a non-multitasking application task to access a plurality of shared resources in a computer system having a processor, a storage attached to and under control of the processor and a multitasking operating system running in the storage and controlling the processor, the apparatus comprising:

  • (a) means controlled by the multitasking operating system for constructing a first multitasking wrapper object containing a plurality of non-multitasking target objects, each of the plurality of target objects containing data and logic for accessing one of the plurality of shared resources;

    (b) means responsive to the request to access one of the plurality of shared resources for reserving one of the plurality of target objects which can access the one shared resource; and

    (c) means responsive to the request for using the data and logic in the reserved target object for accessing the one shared resource.

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