A method and an apparatus for hardware and software interaction in data transfers of shared data structures in memory. The method and apparatus decreases the number of mutex lockings required to prevent conflict between different software attempting to access the same data and keeps the...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US5740448?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5740448 - Method and apparatus for exclusive access to shared data structures through index referenced buffers 
