Owner Microsoft Corporation

Inventors Goddard, Steven F.; Warren, Joseph R.; Hartwell, Aaron; Bonilla, Nicole A.; Dun, Alec; Froelich, Karl; Curtis, Brent; Power, Brendan; Gray, Ronald E.; Lemarchand, Remi A.

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2003257902

Priority 60428153 20.11.02 US; 10442380 21.05.03 US

Filing date 28 October 2003

Wipo publication date 3 June 2004

Acceptance publication date 7 May 2009

G06F 13/38 (2006.01) Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units - Information transfer, e.g. on bus

G06F 9/46 (2006.01) Arrangements for programme control, e.g. control unit - Multiprogramming arrangements

G06F 13/00 (2006.01) Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units

G06F 15/16 (2006.01) Digital computers in general - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a programme unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programmes

G06F 17/00 (2006.01) Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions

H04L 12/58 (2006.01) Data switching networks - Message switching systems

H04L 29/06 (2006.01) Arrangements, apparatus, circuits or systems, not covered by a single one of groups - characterised by a protocol