A parallel, fault-tolerant computer system in which data is transferred between processes in a single CPU by two methods. In a first method, the data is copied each time it is transferred. In a second method, the data is not copied, but is passed through a shared memory, queueing system. The first method...http://www.google.de/patents/US20010023467?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20010023467 - Efficient transfer of data and events between processes and between processes and drivers in a parallel, fault tolerant message based operating system
