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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Steven B. Jones, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Brian Keuling, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Thomas J. Wasik, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products for job scheduling are disclosed. An exemplary computer-implemented method includes receiving a job in a job scheduling system. At least part of the job is transmitted to a job reader. An indication of one or more functions required for performing the job is received from the job reader. A first computing device is selected from among a plurality of computing devices, where the selection is based, at least in part, on whether the first computing device supports the functions required for performing the job.