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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:
Aug. 13, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2016
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Aaron K. Baughman, Silver Spring, MD (US);

Thomas Benjamin Harrison, Holly Springs, NC (US);

Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, NC (US);

Herbert D. Pearthree, Cary, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/5096 (2013.01);
Abstract

At a central device, a data source to be used for processing a workload is determined. A set is selected of devices operating within a threshold distance from the data source at a first time. A first subset of the set of devices is selected to form a cluster of devices. Each device in the first subset satisfies a clustering condition. A first device in the first subset is instructed to configure an application at the first device to participate in the cluster and process the workload. From a performance check on the first device, a change is discovered in a performance metric. In response to the change resulting from an increased demand for a computing resource at the first device, the first device is replaced with a second device from the first subset.


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