Mutable chronologies for accommodation of randomly occurring event delays

Software, stored in non-transitory form on a computer-readable medium, for causing a computing system to process events from a sequence of events that defines a correct order for said events independent from an order in which those events are received over an input device or port, said software including instructions for causing a computing system to:

• define a first variable,
• define, for said first variable, a first chronology of operations
• on said first variable associated with received events, receive a first event that pertains to said first variable,
• execute a first operation on said first variable, wherein said first operation results in a first update of said first chronology,
• receive, after having received said first event, a delayed event that pertains to said first variable,
• execute a second operation on said first variable, wherein said second operation results in a second update of said first chronology, wherein said first update occurred earlier than said second update,
• determine whether to reprocess said previously executed first operation based on a determination, using said first chronology, of whether said earlier first update is valid or invalid, and
• reprocess said previously executed first operation based on the determination that said earlier first update is invalid;
• wherein said delayed event precedes said first event in said sequence,
• wherein said first update is based on said first event, and
• wherein said second update is based on said delayed event.

A computing system for processing events from a sequence of events that defines a correct order for said events independent from an order in which those events are received over an input device or port, the computing system including:

• an input device or port configured to receive said events;
• and
• at least one processor configured to participate in processing of said sequence of events, said processing including
• defining a first variable,
• defining, for said first variable, a first chronology of operations on said first variable associated with received events,
• receiving a first event that pertains to said first variable,
• executing a first operation on said first variable, wherein said first operation results in a first update of said first chronology,
• after having received said first event, receiving a delayed event that pertains to said first variable,
• executing a second operation on said first variable, wherein said second operation results in a second update of said first chronology, wherein said first update occurred earlier than said second update,
• determining whether to reprocess said previously executed first operation based on a determination, using said first chronology, of whether said earlier first update is valid or invalid, and
• reprocessing said previously executed first operation based on the determination that said earlier first update is invalid;
• wherein said delayed event precedes said first event in said sequence,
• wherein said first update is based on said first event, and
• wherein said second update is based on said delayed event.

A computing system for processing events from a sequence of events that defines a correct order for said events independent from an order in which those events are received over an input device or port, the computing system including:

• means for receiving said events;
• and
• means for processing said events, the processing including
• defining a first variable,
• defining, for said first variable, a first chronology of operations on said first variable associated with received events,
• receiving a first event that pertains to said first variable,
• executing a first operation on said first variable, said first operation resulting in a first update of said first chronology,
• receiving a delayed event that pertains to said first variable after having received said first event,
• executing a second operation on said first variable, said second operation resulting in a second update of said first chronology, wherein said first update occurred earlier than said second update,
• determining whether to reprocess said previously executed first operation based on a determination, using said first chronology, of whether said earlier first update is valid or invalid, and
• reprocessing said previously executed first operation based on the determination that said earlier first update is invalid;
• wherein said delayed event precedes said first event in said sequence,
• wherein said first update is based on said first event, and
• wherein said second update is based on said delayed event.