Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac – Task management or control – Process scheduling
Reexamination Certificate
2004-06-17
2010-10-05
An, Meng-Ai (Department: 2195)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac
Task management or control
Process scheduling
C718S102000, C718S104000, C709S201000, C709S202000, C709S226000, C705S007380, C705S002000, C705S002000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07810099
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus to optimize workflow execution by the intelligent dispatching of workflow tasks against a grid computing system or infrastructure are provided. For some embodiments, a grid task dispatcher may be configured to dispatch tasks in a manner that takes into account information about an entire workflow, rather than just an individual task. Utilizing information about the tasks (task metadata), such a workflow-scoped task dispatcher may more optimally assign work to compute resources available on the grid, leading to a decrease in workflow execution time and more efficient use of grid computing resources.
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Dettinger Richard D.
Rath Cale T.
Stevens Richard J.
Wenzel Shannon E.
An Meng-Ai
International Business Machines - Corporation
Patterson & Sheridan LLP
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