Offload system, method, and computer program product for port-related processing

Abstract

An offload system, method, and computer program product are provided. In use, data is communicated between a host and at least one network utilizing a network interface capable of transport layer processing. Further, a port associated with the data is identified. The connection, by which the data is communicated, is managed utilizing the network interface. Further, the connection and the port are bound.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 152,544, filed Jun. 14, 2005, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09 / 886,167, filed Jun. 20, 2001 (now as U.S. Pat. No. 6,983,357), which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08 / 965,540, filed Nov. 16, 1997 (now as U.S. Pat. No. 6,330,659), which claims priority from U.S. provisional application 60 / 045,951, filed May 8, 1997, which are all incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention relates to object-oriented programming languages. More particularly, the invention relates to a hardware accelerator for an object oriented programming language. [0003] Object-oriented programming (OOP) is the name of a class of programming languages and techniques based on the concept of an “object.” An object is a self-contained component which has a specific role in a program. OOP languages include C++, and the Java language, developed by Sun Microsystem...

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Benefits of technology

[0038] In addition containers can also be thought of as special-case components that have the ability to contain other components that have the ability to contain other components. This is because functionally the Container class is a subclass of Component. A Panel is a Container that can be displayed ion a screen within an application or applet. A Frame is a Window (with a title and menu bar) and is yet another type of Component / Container object. The shared class behavior that all of these classes have allow them to share various characteristics and integrate well together. The Java.AWT hardware implementation leverages these shared functionalities between different component object variations by optimizing messaging and increasing container display efficiency.

[0042] The invention therefore provides a hardware implementation for reducing blocking by co-processing instructions of a supported application framework. Java processing is thereby accelerated.

Problems solved by technology

However, because a software-based implementation is being used, a significant percentage of the processing capacity of the computer operating system can be required to actually generate and display the GUI.

Further, if mouse or keyboard events are generated while a display is updating, the Java runtime may enter a kind of deadlock, where update events are being generated at the same time the system is trying to process backlogged mouse and keyboard events.

Eventually the runtime system cannot catch up and process all events within a reasonable time frame.

This can significantly increase the costs of manufacturing and operating the device.

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