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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2010
Applicants:

Dennis Sidney Goodrow, Santa Rosa, CA (US);

Amrit Tsering Williams, Alamo, CA (US);

Gregory Mitchell Toto, Piedmont, CA (US);

Peter Benjamin Loer, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dennis Sidney Goodrow, Santa Rosa, CA (US);

Amrit Tsering Williams, Alamo, CA (US);

Gregory Mitchell Toto, Piedmont, CA (US);

Peter Benjamin Loer, Oakland, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An embodiment of the invention provides a technique that extends relevance-based computation to include computation based on information accessed from or exchanged with other agents. Mechanisms are provided by which an agent accesses or exchanges information between or among other agents and may include one or more of: central bulletin board, broadcast, direct request—pull, direct request—push, and server-routed. Architectural models of distributed decision making to facilitate a distributed and policy-based management of IT infrastructure are provided.


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