Appeal No. 2005-2282 Page 3
Application No. 09/505,807
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data source comprises a consumer
that consumes data stored in a second queue that is controlled by the
scheduler.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of consumers
performs a registration process with the scheduler.
16. A method for sharing data between multiple consumers, comprising
the steps of:
storing data received from a data source in a first queue;
sharing the data in the first queue between a plurality of
consumers; and
managing the storage and consumption of the data in the first
queue, wherein managing comprises controlling the data source and the
plurality of consumers to control the amount of data stored in and
consumed from the first queue.
20. The method of claim 17, further comprising the step of prioritizing data
consumption of the first queue based on an amount of unread data in the
first queue of each of the plurality of consumers.
Claims 1, 3-6, 8-18, 20-25, and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 6,519,686 ("Woodring"). Claims 7, 19, and 26 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Woodring and U.S. Patent No.
4,916,658 ("Lee").
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