Method, apparatus and computer program product for sharing...

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2006-08-31

2010-06-01

Mattis, Jason E (Department: 2461)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer network managing

Network resource allocating

C370S468000, C370S395400

Reexamination Certificate

active

07730185

ABSTRACT:
In a computer system including a set of resources for allocation to, and access by, a plurality of consumers, a method for allocating a resource to a requesting consumer comprising: calculating a suitability rating for each resource in the set of resources as a value in a range from least suitable to most suitable, the suitability rating being calculated from: a) a measure of recency of access to the resource; b) a measure of a number of times the resource has been accessed by a consumer other than the requesting consumer since a previous access to the resource by the requesting consumer; and c) a measure of a number of times the resource is accessed by a different consumer since the previous access to the resource by the requesting consumer; identifying a resource having a suitability rating which is closest to most suitable; and allocating the identified resource to the requesting consumer.

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