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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:
Jul. 13, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Paul R. Bastide, Ashland, MA (US);

Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Baltimore, MD (US);

Aaron J. Quirk, Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 12/923 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/10 (2013.01); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 9/5083 (2013.01); H04L 47/762 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/16 (2013.01); H04L 67/2819 (2013.01); H04L 67/2838 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for handling potential service load interruptions. The utilization of resources, such as servers in a service infrastructure of a SaaS provider, are monitored. If the utilization of a resource exceeds a threshold, then the resource is identified as having an excessive service load leading to a potential service load interruption. When a request is received from a user requesting to access such a resource, one or more action items to be completed by the user are generated and presented to the user. 'Action items' refer to any activity that is required by the user to be performed thereby providing the SaaS provider additional time to address the potential service load interruption in an appropriate manner. Additional action item(s) will be presented to the user until the SaaS provider addresses the potential service load interruption, at which point, the request will be serviced.


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