Systems and methods for managing differentiated service in information management environments
First Claim
1. A system for providing differentiated service in an information management environment, comprising a plurality of processing engines that are distributively interconnected, said system being capable of providing session-aware differentiated service.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing differentiated service that may be employed, for example, to deliver content or services in a network environment. Differentiated services that may be so delivered include both differentiated information service that may be implemented, for example, at the system and/or processing level, as well as differentiated business service that may be implemented, for example, to differentiate information exchange between different network entities such as different network provider entities, different network user entities, etc. The methods and systems may include or facilitate provisioning of system service parameters such as service level agreement (“SLA”) policies and may be employed in network computing system environments to enable differentiated service provisioning, for example, in accordance with business objectives.
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148 Claims
- 1. A system for providing differentiated service in an information management environment, comprising a plurality of processing engines that are distributively interconnected, said system being capable of providing session-aware differentiated service.
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8. The system of 1, wherein said system further comprises an operating system and deterministic system software in communication with said operating system;
- said deterministic system software having state knowledge of resource utilization within said system and being capable of deterministically controlling interaction between said distributively interconnected processing engines in response to communication received from said operating system.
- View Dependent Claims (9)
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25. A method of providing session-aware differentiated service in an information management environment, comprising providing said differentiated service using an information management system comprising a plurality of processing engines that are distributively interconnected.
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32. The method of 25, wherein said system further comprises an operating system and deterministic system software in communication with said operating system;
- said deterministic system software having state knowledge of resource utilization within said system; and
wherein said method further comprises using said deterministic system software to deterministically control interaction between said distributively interconnected processing engines in response to communication received from said operating system. - View Dependent Claims (33, 35, 36)
- said deterministic system software having state knowledge of resource utilization within said system; and
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49. A system for providing differentiated service in an information management environment, comprising a plurality of processing engines that are distributively interconnected across a network, said system being capable of providing differentiated service.
- 66. A method of providing differentiated service in an information management environment, comprising providing said differentiated service using a system comprising a plurality of processing engines that are distributively interconnected across a network.
- 83. A system for providing differentiated service in an information management environment, comprising a plurality of processing engines that are distributively interconnected as components in a data center configuration, said system being capable of providing differentiated service.
- 103. A method of providing differentiated service in an information management environment, comprising providing said differentiated service using a system comprising a plurality of processing engines that are distributively interconnected as components in a data center configuration.
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123. A method of providing differentiated service in a network environment, said method comprising providing differentiated service from a distributed set of system platforms, a distributed set of subsystem platforms, or a combination thereof;
- wherein said platforms are distributively interconnected across a network.
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128. The method of 126, wherein one or more of said system or subsystem platforms represent shared resources of said information management system, and wherein said providing differentiated service further comprises virtually adding or removing one or more of said platforms from distributed interconnection with others of said distributed set of system or subsystem platforms on a real time basis based on need for shared resources to fulfill a request for information management.
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136. A system for providing differentiated service in a network environment, said system comprising a distributed set of system platforms, a distributed set of subsystem platforms, or a combination thereof;
- wherein said platforms are distributively interconnected across a network; and
wherein said system is capable of providing differentiated service.
- wherein said platforms are distributively interconnected across a network; and
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139. The system of 138, wherein said distributed set of system platforms or distributed set of subsystem platforms together comprise an information management system, and wherein said system is capable of deterministically adding or removing one or more of said platforms from distributed interconnection with others of said distributed set of system or subsystem platforms on a real time basis during the management of information.
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141. The system of 139, wherein one or more of said system or subsystem platforms represent shared resources of said information management system, and wherein said system is capable of virtually adding or removing one or more of said platforms from distributed interconnection with others of said distributed set of system or subsystem platforms on a real time basis based on need for shared resources to fulfill a request for information management.
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