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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2008
Adam D. Bradley, Seattle, WA (US);
John B. Bravenec, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam D. Bradley, Seattle, WA (US);
John B. Bravenec, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described for managing the release of tasks so that the tasks are available for performance, such as for tasks submitted by task requesters to be performed by human task performer users, or the release of other types of items as being available for use. In some situations, the managed release of tasks is based at least in part on determining one or more desired task performance characteristic values, and predicting appropriate values for one or more performance-related factors that will produce the determined desired task performance characteristic values. As one example, a determined target quantity of tasks to make concurrently available may be determined that will result in a desired level of task performance contention, such as based on expected or actual values for a rate of task performance and a duration of possible contention.