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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cuong Minh Le, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jerry Wayne Pence, Tucson, AZ (US);
James Mitchell Ratliff, Benson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/338 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/338 ;
Abstract
In a computing system with non-shareable resources, use-arbitrating processes are executed on behalf of each task seeking or having access to non-shareable resource. The processes compete according to prescribed rules and priority guidelines, the resolution of which determines access to the non-shareable resource. If application of the priority guidelines permits, a use-requesting task can institute takeaway of a resource from a task that is already using the resource.