(19)
(11) EP 1 358 562 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
28.03.2012 Bulletin 2012/13

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
16.11.2011 Bulletin 2011/46

(21) Application number: 01273594.0

(22) Date of filing: 31.01.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06F 13/40(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2001/000122
(87) International publication number:
WO 2002/061592 (08.08.2002 Gazette 2002/32)

(54)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FLOW OF DATA BETWEEN DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS VIA A MEMORY

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR STEUERUNG DES DATENFLUSSES ZWISCHEN DATENVERARBEITUNGSSYSTEMEN ÜBER EINEN SPEICHER

PROCEDE ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT DE COMMANDER LES FLUX DE DONNEES ENTRE DES SYSTEMES INFORMATIQUES VIA UNE MEMOIRE

(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(43) Date of publication of application:
05.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/45

(73) Proprietor: International Business Machines Corporation
Armonk, NY 10504 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BIRAN, Giora
    Zichran Ya'akov (IL)
  • SOSTHEIM, Tal
    36000 Kiryat Tivon (IL)

(74) Representative: Williams, Julian David 
IBM Research GmbH Zurich Research Laboratory Säumerstrasse 4 Postfach
8803 Rüschlikon
8803 Rüschlikon (CH)


(56) References cited: : 
EP-A- 0 470 876
US-A- 5 933 632
 US-A- 5 359 730
US-A- 6 028 843
   
       
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