Method for operating a networked computer system to minimize data conversion overhead
CA 2062918 A1 · Owner: Meyers, Roger L. · Inventors: Carpenter, Richard A.; Sollecito, Lawrence A.; Shank, Thomas A.
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A method is provided for operating a networked computer system including a plurality of computers some of which exhibit different data formats and some of which exhibit identical data formats. Prior to sending a message from a sending computer to a receiving computer on the network, the sending computer sends its data format requirements to the receiving computer. When the receiving computer receiving the message from the sending computer the, message is converted from the data format of the sending computer to the data format of the receiving computer if the data format requirements of the sending and receiving computers are found to be different. The converted message thus generated is …
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- Filed March 12, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 12, 2012.
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