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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsWilliam G. Parry, Mingtzong Lee, Christopher W. Lorton, Jayachandran Raja, Serge Smirnov
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An information appliance receives streaming information and includes a buffer, a writer module, a reader module and a synchronizer. The buffer has a plurality of storage locations, a logical head, a logical tail and a valid data area between the logical head and the logical tail. The logical head and the logical tail move sequentially through the plurality of storage locations in a first logical direction. The writer module has a write position at the logical head of the buffer. The writer module receives the streaming information and writes the streaming information to the buffer at the write position. The reader module is coupled to the buffer and has a first read position which is temporally movable with respect to the write position. The synchronizer is coupled to the writer module and the reader module and maintains the first read position within the valid data area.
An information appliance for receiving streaming information, the information appliance comprising:
A computer readable medium including instructions readable by an information appliance having a buffer with a fixed number of storage locations which, when implemented, cause the information appliance to handle streaming information by performing steps comprising:
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