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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2001
Pierre Sauvage, Notre Dame de Commiers, FR;
Pierre Sauvage, Notre Dame de Commiers, FR;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention suggests providing in a processing system a licence controller (), for controlling use of a resource by processes (); for each process to be controlled, there is provided an inter-process communication () between the process and the licence controller. A process and the licence controller exchange through the inter-process communication of the process information regarding actual and allowed use of the resource by the process. According to this information, the process may be controlled, be it on a self-control basis or through control of the licence controller. Use of the resource to be dynamically adapted; high availability is guaranteed since processes may operate even when the licence controller fails.