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Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2000
Applicants:

Bruce A. Fairman, Woodside, CA (US);

Scott D. Smyers, Woodside, CA (US);

Harold A. Ludtke, San Jose, CA (US);

Glen D. Stone, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Bruce A. Fairman, Woodside, CA (US);

Scott D. Smyers, Woodside, CA (US);

Harold A. Ludtke, San Jose, CA (US);

Glen D. Stone, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignees:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F009/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for providing optimal performance in an electronic device comprises at least one resource characterization that includes resource requirements for executing a requested process. An allocation manager may then compare the resource requirements for the requested process to the currently-available device resources. The allocation manager may then authorize or deny the requested process depending upon whether the currently-available resources are sufficient to adequately service the resource requirements of the requested process.


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