System and method for efficiently transferring datastreams in a multimedia system
CA 2222347 C · Owner: Wyllie, James C. · Inventors: Wyllie, James C.; Mcnabb, Daniel L.; Porter, Scott L.
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A general purpose interface is provided to a file system of a multimedia server for improving datastream throughput by avoiding data copying and context switching. The file system includes an export registration service providing function pointers to the file system's implementation of a predefined set of zero copy interfaces. These interfaces include an initialization service to set up necessary data structures and to place use counts on objects to prevent them from being removed while zero copy operations are in progress. A termination service in the zero copy interfaces cleans up data structures and removes use counts. Additional services validate that a specified file is suitable for …
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- Filed November 27, 1997 and granted July 2, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 27, 2017.
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