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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1998
Yoshifusa Togawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a resource utilizing and controlling apparatus in a system which groups a plurality of computers interconnected each other, and performs work applied to each group or applied between groups. The resource utilizing and controlling apparatus ( ) is formed by: a work procedure preparing unit ( ) for preparing work procedures based on an each-group work definition body defining work processes in accordance with a resource used for each group, and an all-group work definition body defining work processes in accordance with use between groups; a resource utilizing and controlling unit ( ) for performing control including whether the resource can be utilized or cannot be utilized for each group or between groups, based on the work procedures prepared by the work procedure preparing unit; and a resource managing unit ( ) for managing a work situation of the resource for each group or between groups (FIG. ).