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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:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Jimmie Ray Mayfield, Lexington, KY (US);
Inventor:
Jimmie Ray Mayfield, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F009/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining the types of tasks in queue at a plurality of cryptographic devices, determining an estimated completion time for each cryptographic device, and assigning tasks to the device with the lowest total estimated completion time for tasks in queue.