The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1997
Daniel P Gregerson, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
David R Farrell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sunil S Gaitonde, Daly City, CA (US);
Ratinder P Ahuja, Daly City, CA (US);
Krish Ramakrishnan, Union City, CA (US);
Muhammad Shafiq, El Granada, CA (US);
Ian F Wallis, Cupertino, CA (US);
Peerlogic, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for finding a resource requested by a node in a scalable system. The system interconnects a plurality of nodes, with at least one node being associated with at least one resource. Each resource has an active state, in which the resource is available to other nodes, and an inactive state, in which the resource is not available. The method includes automatically identifying resources which become available by switching from the inactive to the active state. The method also includes automatically informing the requesting node that the requested resource has become available.