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Method and system for efficiently disbursing requests among a tiered hierarchy of service providers

  • US 6,219,692 B1
  • Filed: 03/21/1997
  • Issued: 04/17/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for supporting multiple query threads between software modules executing on a computer network, comprising:

  • (A) an application program spawning queries, wherein said queries are spawned in a tiered-parallel fashion and wherein said tiers of spawned queries are hierarchally ordered;

    (B) a multiplexer receiving said spawned queries from said application program and transmitting said queries; and

    (C) a module receiving said queries from said queries from said multiplexer for processing.

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