The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 29, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2003
Jeffrey Douglas Brown, Rochester, MN (US);
Scott Douglas Clark, Rochester, MN (US);
Charles Ray Johns, Austin, TX (US);
Takeshi Yamazaki, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey Douglas Brown, Rochester, MN (US);
Scott Douglas Clark, Rochester, MN (US);
Charles Ray Johns, Austin, TX (US);
Takeshi Yamazaki, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved method and apparatus for resource arbitration. Four priority classes, managed high (MH), managed low (ML), opportunistic high (OH) and opportunistic low (OL), are defined. A priority class is assigned to each resource access request. An access request concentrator (ARC) is created for each resource, through which the resource is accessed. An access request is chosen at each ARC using the priority order MH, ML, OH, and OL, in decreasing order of priority. If OH priority class resource access requests are locked out, the priority order is temporarily changed to OH, OL, MH, and ML, in decreasing order of priority. If OL priority class resource access requests are locked out, the priority order is temporarily changed to MH, OL, OH, and ML, in decreasing order of priority.