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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2005
Kazuhiko Migita, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsuhiro Itsuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuki Shimojima, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for estimating a demand for a service offered via a network includes an external-factor storing unit that stores an event for a case in which information relating to the service appears in a predetermined information source on the network, as an external factor affecting the demand; a demand-amount calculating unit that calculates an amount of the demand for the service by determining whether the event as the external factor stored is appeared in the predetermined information source; and a resource-change instructing unit that instructs a change of a resource allocated to the service, according to the amount of the demand calculated.