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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2001
Applicants:

Michael W. Masters, Fredericksburg, VA (US);

Larry A. Fontenot, King George, VA (US);

Paul V. Werme, King George, VA (US);

Lonnie R. Welch, Athens, OH (US);

Inventors:

Michael W. Masters, Fredericksburg, VA (US);

Larry A. Fontenot, King George, VA (US);

Paul V. Werme, King George, VA (US);

Lonnie R. Welch, Athens, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A program control device operating in a distributed environment comprised of hosts instantiating copies of a scalable application, the program control device controlling start up, shutdown or movement of a selected one of the copies based on signals generated in response to first information regarding performance of all copies of the scalable application and second infomation regarding performance of the hosts.


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