公开(公告)号：US5428796A

公开(公告)日：1995-06-27

申请号：US936151

申请日：1992-08-26

申请人： James L. Iskiyan ,  Brent C. Beardsley ,  Michael T. Benhase ,  Cortland D. Starrett ,  John R. Wolfe

发明人： James L. Iskiyan ,  Brent C. Beardsley ,  Michael T. Benhase ,  Cortland D. Starrett ,  John R. Wolfe

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G06F13/14 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F15/17 ,  G06F15/177

CPC分类号： G06F3/0601 ,  G06F13/14 ,  G06F2003/0692

摘要： A data processing system regulating access from a plurality of host computers to a plurality of direct access storage devices. The data processing system has a storage controller connected for data communication to the host computers by one or more channels per host computer. The storage controller is further connected to direct access storage devices used to provide auxiliary storage. The storage controller, responsive to host computer request, selectively establishes a communication link for data transfer between the host computers and the direct access storage devices. Channels are temporarily disqualified from obtaining control of the storage controller or a storage device during periods of contention for access to the storage devices or the storage controller. Transmission of device end and control unit end signals is also selective by channel. Override conditions are specified to allow for host computer or channel failure without disabling the data processing system.

摘要翻译： 一种数据处理系统，其调节从多个主计算机到多个直接存取存储装置的访问。 数据处理系统具有一个存储控制器，连接用于通过每个主机计算机的一个或多个信道向主计算机进行数据通信。 存储控制器还连接到用于提供辅助存储器的直接存取存储设备。 存储控制器响应于主机计算机请求，选择性地建立用于主计算机和直接访问存储设备之间的数据传输的通信链路。 在访问存储设备或存储控制器的争用期间，通道暂时不能获得对存储控制器或存储设备的控制。 设备端和控制单元结束信号的传输也是通道的选择。 指定覆盖条件以允许主机或通道故障，而不禁用数据处理系统。

公开(公告)号：US5313640A

公开(公告)日：1994-05-17

申请号：US949674

申请日：1992-09-23

申请人： Brent C. Beardsley ,  David L. Leigh ,  Cortland D. Starrett ,  John R. Wolfe

发明人： Brent C. Beardsley ,  David L. Leigh ,  Cortland D. Starrett ,  John R. Wolfe

IPC分类号： G06F9/48 ,  G06F13/24

CPC分类号： G06F9/4812 ,  G06F13/24

摘要： A method and system in a data processing system for the efficient response to multiple different types of interrupts. The data processing system includes at least one host and a storage subsystem having storage subsystem devices and at least one storage subsystem controller. The storage subsystem controller operates in multiple different states. Interrupts of multiple different types are generated by sources of real time events and are received by the storage subsystem controller. A selected type of interrupt as a preferred next interrupt to be received by the storage subsystem controller is then determined in response to the determination of the current state of the storage subsystem controller. A particular state associated with the occurrence of the selected type of interrupt is then determined. Reversible processing associated with the particular state is initiated prior to receipt of a next interrupt wherein the selected type of interrupt is efficiently enhanced in priority in response to the current state of the storage subsystem controller.

摘要翻译： 数据处理系统中的一种方法和系统，用于对多种不同类型的中断进行高效响应。 数据处理系统包括至少一个主机和具有存储子系统装置的存储子系统和至少一个存储子系统控制器。 存储子系统控制器以多种不同状态运行。 多个不同类型的中断由实时事件的源产生，并由存储子系统控制器接收。 响应于确定存储子系统控制器的当前状态，确定由存储子系统控制器接收的作为优选下一个中断的所选择的中断类型。 然后确定与所选择的中断类型的发生相关联的特定状态。 与特定状态相关联的可逆处理在接收下一个中断之前开始，其中响应于存储子系统控制器的当前状态，所选择的中断类型被优先地高效地增强。

公开(公告)号：US07248247B2

公开(公告)日：2007-07-24

申请号：US10678831

申请日：2003-10-03

申请人： Cortland D. Starrett

发明人： Cortland D. Starrett

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30533 ,  G06F17/30495 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q50/04 ,  G06Q50/28 ,  G06Q50/32 ,  Y02P90/30

摘要： A method, and a system for carrying out that method, for deterministically matching first elements of a first set of objects or events with second elements of a second set of objects or events. Matching first and second elements are associated with common values of an identification code pn having |pn| characters, and where the identification code can be insufficient to uniquely identify the first elements, and portions of the identification code values associated with the first and second elements can be unknown. The method includes the steps of: a) generating a mapping θ for the first set such that, for each element li of the first set θ(li) equals , where pni is at least a portion of the identification code value associated with the element li and ppni is defined as the first ki characters of pni, and ki is selected to be the minimum number of characters required to uniquely identify li in the first set, whereby values for ki greater than |pn| imply that the element li is not uniquely identified by the portion ppni; b) determining pnj for an element ej in the second set, where pnj is at least a portion of the identification code value associated with the element ej; and c) matching the element ej and the element li only if the first ki characters of pnj equal ppni and not matching the element ej and the element li if the element li is not uniquely identified in the first set by the portion pnj. The system can be controlled in accordance with program code on a computer readable medium. In one embodiment of the invention the first elements are letters and the second elements are events which occur during processing of the letters. In another embodiment of the invention the method includes a step of performing an additional consistency test and matching said letter li and event ej only if said consistency test confirms such match.

公开(公告)号：US06405172B1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-11

申请号：US09659383

申请日：2000-09-09

申请人： Christopher A. Baker ,  Peter N. Baker ,  Cortland D. Starrett ,  Alexander R. Moon ,  Jia Xu ,  Eric R. Auberry

发明人： Christopher A. Baker ,  Peter N. Baker ,  Cortland D. Starrett ,  Alexander R. Moon ,  Jia Xu ,  Eric R. Auberry

IPC分类号： G10L1522

CPC分类号： H04M3/4931 ,  H04M3/4936 ,  H04M2201/40 ,  Y10S707/99935

摘要： A novel voice-enabled directory look-up system is disclosed. In one embodiment, an operator reads the first few characters from each of the first and last names of a mail addressee. The system captures the speech as an audio signal, which is parsed into character position segments. The system determines one or more candidate characters that might have resulted in the audio signal for each character position segment. The system then expands the list of candidate characters for at least one character position to include one or more characters that sound like the original candidate characters for that character position. The candidate characters for the respective character positions are composed into a regular expression, which is applied using an inexact string matching look-up routine to a directory of records. Records with the best matches are returned in a menu for the operator. The operator selects the desired record from the menu. In another embodiment, an operator reads aloud the thousands and hundreds digits of the street number and the first three letters of the street name from a mail piece. A voice engine parses and decodes the speech into candidate characters for each character position. The system selects alternative characters that sound similar to candidate characters in a given character position. An inexact string matching routine retrieves records from a carrier route directory that match either a candidate character or an alternative character in each position of each data field.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种新颖的支持语音的目录查找系统。 在一个实施例中，操作者从邮件收件人的第一个和最后一个姓名中读取前几个字符。 系统将语音捕获为音频信号，将其解析为字符位置段。 系统确定可能导致每个字符位置段的音频信号的一个或多个候选字符。 然后，系统将至少一个字符位置的候选字符列表展开，以包括一个或多个听起来像该字符位置的原始候选字符的字符。 各个字符位置的候选字符被组合成正则表达式，其使用不精确的字符串匹配查找例程应用于记录目录。 具有最佳匹配的记录在操作员的菜单中返回。 操作员从菜单中选择想要的记录。在另一个实施例中，操作者从邮件中朗读街道号码的数千位数字和街道名称的前三个字母。 语音引擎将语音解析并解码为每个字符位置的候选字符。 系统选择在给定字符位置听起来类似于候选人物的替代字符。 不准确的字符串匹配例程从载体路由目录检索与每个数据字段的每个位置中的候选字符或替代字符匹配的记录。

公开(公告)号：US07209905B2

公开(公告)日：2007-04-24

申请号：US10729503

申请日：2003-12-05

申请人： Andrei Obrea ,  Cortland D. Starrett

发明人： Andrei Obrea ,  Cortland D. Starrett

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  G07B17/02

CPC分类号： G07B17/00024 ,  G07B2017/0004 ,  G07B2017/00717

摘要： A method of tracking mail pieces includes determining that an observation event has not occurred with respect to a high value mail piece (HVMP). If it is also determined that a corresponding observation event has occurred with respect to another mail piece that was mailed with the HVMP, then an alarm indication may be provided with respect to the HVMP.

摘要翻译： 跟踪邮件的方法包括确定相对于高价值邮件（HVMP）没有发生观察事件。 如果还确定相对于用HVMP邮寄的另一个邮件已经发生相应的观察事件，则可以针对HVMP提供警报指示。