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Method and apparatus for dynamically arranging information in a presentation sequence to minimize information loss

  • US 5,990,879 A
  • Filed: 12/20/1996
  • Issued: 11/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for transmitting a predetermined sequence of data files on a data bus, the data files being stored on a plurality of memory drives, the method comprising the steps of:

  • upon encountering a first data file of a first type in the predetermined sequence, determining whether a temporary data file may contain additional data and then determnining whether one of the plurality of memory drives is available;

    where the corresponding memory drive is not available, writing first data corresponding to the first data file to a temporary data file;

    transmitting the first data file on the data bus after the corresponding memory drive becomes available; and

    upon encountering a second data file of a second type in the predetermined sequence, transmitting the second data file on the data bus.

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