US PATENT SUBCLASS 710 / 240
ACCESS ARBITRATING

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710 /   HD   ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS: INPUT/OUTPUT

240ACCESS ARBITRATING {4}
241  DF  .~> Centralized arbitrating
242  DF  .~> Decentralized arbitrating
243  DF  .~> Hierarchical or multilevel arbitrating
244  DF  .~> Access prioritizing

DEFINITION

Classification: 710/240

ACCESS ARBITRATING:

(under the class definition) Subject matter comprising means or steps for determining which of a plurality of components of a computer system or digital data processing system contending for access to a shared resource shall be granted access at any one time based upon a predetermined criteria.

(1) Note. For classification herein it is adequate that the grant is determined. The access grant is not required for classification herein.

(2)

Note. Processes and apparatus for regulating simultaneous access to a computer network are classified elsewhere. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

28, for direct memory access (DMA) with access regulating

36+, for digital data processing system input/output access regulating.

107+, for bus access regulating in a computer or digital data processing system. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

370, Multiplex Communications,

445+, for bus contention including carrier sense.

709, Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing

Systems: Multiple Computer and Process Coordinating,

225, for regulating simultaneous access to a computer network.

711, Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Memory,

150, for regulating simultaneous access to shared memory.