Abstract: An event dispatching subsystem pre-processes event messages received by an event driven main system having a context consisting of a defined set of major and minor state variables each having a defined range of values. The event dispatching subsystem defines a set of ports, and bands within each port, where each distinct type of event message that can be received is assigned to a respective one of the ports and bands. The messages in each band are stored in a FIFO queue until the messages in the band are processed. Each band has an assigned priority, which imposes a processing priority order on the messages stored in the various bands, and a band status value. An event dispatcher considers one event message at a time, where the event message to be considered is selected in accordance with the priority values of those bands, if any, having a band status value indicating that processing of events messages stored in the band is enabled.

Abstract: An event dispatching subsystem pre-processes event messages received by an event driven main system having a context consisting of a defined set of major and minor state variables each having a defined range of values. The event dispatching subsystem defines a set of ports, and bands within each port, where each distinct type of event message that can be received is assigned to a respective one of the ports and bands. The messages in each band are stored in a FIFO queue until the messages in the band are processed. Each band has an assigned priority, which imposes a processing priority order on the messages stored in the various bands, and a band status value. An event dispatcher considers one event message at a time, where the event message to be considered is selected in accordance with the priority values of those bands, if any, having a band status value indicating that processing of events messages stored in the band is enabled.