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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
May. 09, 2001
David Frederick Bantz, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Dennis Gerard Shea, Ridgefield, CT (US);
David Frederick Bantz, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Dennis Gerard Shea, Ridgefield, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for subscription computing using spare resources of subscriber computing platforms are provided. In the apparatus, system, method, computation and storage, intensive tasks of subscription computing are performed with subscriber resources in a peer-to-peer model rather than with centralized resources owned by a service provider. Resources may be allocated on unused workstations, workstations not currently in active use, or on workstations elsewhere in the enterprise or in other subscriber enterprises. Moreover, workstations in the enterprise may be equipped with extra resources for use in providing the subscription computing services of the present invention.