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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Moshe Lichtman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark R Enstrom, Redmond, WA (US);
Thomas E Lennon, Seattle, WA (US);
Ralph A Lipe, Woodinville, WA (US);
Pierre-Yves Santerre, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert T Short, Kirkland, WA (US);
David W Voth, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for allocating resources for use by devices of a computer system. A possible configuration of elements of a resource is obtained. This possible configuration defines the resource elements that are appropriate for operating the devices within the computer system. For a selected device, a determination is made whether a particular resource element is available for use by this device. If not, another possible configuration is obtained and the process begins anew. In contrast, if the particular resource element is available, then this resource element is assigned for use by the selected device. This resource allocation process continues until resource elements have been assigned to the remaining devices.