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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Bruce McNutt, Gilroy, CA (US);

Richard A. Ripberger, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G21C 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3006 (2013.01); G06F 9/50 (2013.01); G06F 11/3433 (2013.01); G06F 11/3442 (2013.01); G06F 11/3419 (2013.01);
Abstract

Monitoring a level of utilization is provided. A threshold is determined based, at least in part, on a count of service channels of a device. An upper boundary value of a numerical range is determined based, at least in part, on the count of service channels. A lower boundary value of the numerical range is determined based, at least in part, on the threshold. Whether a count of outstanding requests of the device is contained within the numerical range is determined. An estimated level of utilization of the device is determined based, at least in part, on the upper boundary value, the lower boundary value, the count of service channels, and the count of outstanding requests. The estimated level of utilization is reported.


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