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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2004
Ann M. Wollrath, Groton, MA (US);
James H. Waldo, Dracut, MA (US);
Roger Riggs, Burlington, MA (US);
Ann M. Wollrath, Groton, MA (US);
James H. Waldo, Dracut, MA (US);
Roger Riggs, Burlington, MA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention a process is provided for allocating and deallocating resources in a distributed processing system having a requester platform and a server platform. The process involves receiving a request from the requestor platform referring to a system resource and specifying a requested lease period, permitting shared access to the system resource for a lease period, sending a return call to the requestor platform advising of the lease period, and deallocating the system resource when the lease period expires.