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Patent No.:

US 8086365 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2003
Applicants:

Rasmus Frei, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;

Frank Bickendorf, Ditzingen, DE;

Dirk Bassiere, Ludwigsburg, DE;

Inventors:

Rasmus Frei, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;

Frank Bickendorf, Ditzingen, DE;

Dirk Bassiere, Ludwigsburg, DE;

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The prioritization method according to the present invention permits the selection of information providers independently of the selection and functioning manner of the requesting systems, for flexibilization. In a linear prioritization method according to the present invention, a list sorted by rising priority having information providers is sequentially polled, and the first information provider having a request command is selected, this request command is routed on, and the polling is ended. In an additional prioritization method according to the present invention, from a list that is not sorted, having information providers, the information provider having the maximum (minimum) request command is selected or the average request command of the requesters is ascertained. Preferably, the prioritization method according to the present invention is able to be executed using a computer system having a modular system construction.


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