Re: [ANNOUNCE] Adeos nanokernel for Linux kernel

[Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>]

On Monday 03 June 2002 12:12, Karim Yaghmour wrote:
> The 2 root claims in this patent are claim 1 & 7. Both of these
> contain the following statements [1]:
> > A process for running a general purpose computer operating system
> > using a real time operating system, including the steps of: 
> > 
> > a) providing a real time operating system for running real time
> > tasks and components and non-real time tasks; 
> > 
> > b) providing a general purpose operating system as one of the
> > non-real time tasks; 
> > 
> > c) preempting the general purpose operating system as needed for
> > the real time tasks; and 
> > 
> > d) preventing the general purpose operating system from blocking
> > preemption of the non-real time tasks. 

For anyone who's interested, here's a pointer to *all* the claims of
the rtlinux patent:

   http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%275,995,745%27.WKU.&OS=PN/5,995,745&RS=PN/5,995,745

And here's a pointer to a nice tutorial on how to read patent claims:

   http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/matters/matters-9511.html

-- 
Daniel