Queue system with uninterrupted transfer of data through intermediate locations to selected queue location
AssigneeTandem Computers Incorporated
InventorsDouglas B. Brown, Frederick L. Zardiackas, Donald Langston, Eric K. Goodill
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Abstract
A queue has a plurality of serially connected transparent latches forming individual storage locations. The queue includes an entry storage latch for receiving data signals into the queue and an exit storage latch for communicating data signals out from the queue. The output terminal of each latch is connected to the input terminal of a succeeding latch so that data signals received by the entry storage latch may propagate uninterruptedly through one or more storage latches to a predetermined storage location.
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An apparatus for queueing data signals in a data processing system comprising:
- queue means having a plurality of individual storage locations connected in series, the queue means including an entry storage location for receiving data signals into the queue means and an exit storage location for communicating data signals out of the queue means;
- communicating means, connected to the queue means, for uninterruptedly communicating data signals from the entry storage location through a plurality of individual storage locations and to a first selected storage location;
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- storing means for storing the data signals in the first selected storage location.
An apparatus for queueing data signals in a data processing system comprising:
- queue means having a plurality of individual storage locations connected in series, the queue means including an entry storage location for receiving data signals into the queue means and an exit storage location for communicating data signals out of the queue means;
- communicating means, connected to the queue means, for uninterruptedly communicating data signals from the entry storage location through a plurality of individual storage locations and to a first selected storage location;
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- retrieving means for sequentially retrieving data signals stored in the queue means through the exit storage location.
An apparatus for queueing data signals in a data processing system comprising:
- queue means having a plurality of individual storage locations connected in series, the queue means including an entry storage location for receiving data signals into the queue means and an exit storage location for communicating data signals out of the queue means;
- communicating means, connected to the queue means, for uninterruptedly communicating data signals from the entry storage location through an individual storage location and into a first selected storage location;
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- storing means for storing the data signals in the first selected storage location.
An apparatus for queueing data signals in a data processing system comprising:
- queue means having a plurality of individual storage locations connected in series, the queue means including an entry storage location for receiving data signals into the queue means and an exit storage location for communicating data signals out of the queue means;
- communicating means, connected to the queue means, for uninterruptedly communicating data signals from an input terminal of the entry storage location, through the entry storage location, through an individual storage location and to a first selected storage location;
- and
- storing means for storing the data signals in the first selected storage location.
An apparatus for queueing data signals in a data processing system comprising:
- queue means having a plurality of individual storage locations connected in series, the queue means including an entry storage location for receiving data signals into the queue means and an exit storage location for communicating data signals out of the queue means;
- communicating means, connected to the queue means, for uninterruptedly communicating data signals from the entry storage location through an individual storage location and to a first selected storage location, for uninterruptedly communicating data signals from said first selected storage location through an individual storage location to said exit storage location;
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- storing means for storing the data signals in the first selected storage location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.