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Method of allocating multiple users to a multiple user data distribution system

  • US 5,913,026 A
  • Filed: 04/24/1997
  • Issued: 06/15/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a multiple user data distribution system containing a parallel processing computer having a plurality of parallel processors each connected to a information storage device, wherein said multiple user data distribution system supplies data, in response to user commands, to a plurality of users, a method for dynamically allocating said plurality of users to said multiple user data distribution system comprising the steps of:

  • allocating each of the users within the plurality of users to at least one processor within said plurality of parallel processors such that said allocated processor represents a slot within a service period comprised of a plurality of slots;

    accessing, for each of the users and in response to user commands and using said allocated processor, a specified discrete segment of data within an information storage device associated with the allocated processor;

    supplying each of said users with said respective specified discrete segment of data;

    reallocating each of said users to a different processor representing a different slot within a subsequent service period depending upon a present mode of operation selected by each of the users; and

    repeating said accessing, storing and reallocating steps to produce a continuous stream of accessed discrete segments of data for said users.

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