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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Ron Barzel, Truckee, CA (US);
Felix S. Hsu, Fremont, CA (US);
Ronald S. Cok, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
KODAK ALARIS INC., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/5088 (2013.01); G06F 9/505 (2013.01); G06F 9/5083 (2013.01); H04L 67/1002 (2013.01); H04L 67/1008 (2013.01); H04L 67/1012 (2013.01); H04L 67/1029 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plurality of server computers connected to computer network processes tasks that are unequally distributed among the server computers. A server sends a task-available message over the computer network to the remaining server computers to request assistance. The received task-available message is processed by some of the servers while others of the servers do not process the message because they are too busy. The servers that process the message respond by requesting a task from the message sending server.