Method and system for handling computer resource requests on a monetary priority basis

• US 20030046408A1
• Filed: 08/30/2001
• Published: 03/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Luman, David Joe, Weaver, Jeffrey Scott
• Application Number:
  US09/943,392
• Publication Number:
  US 20030046408A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A method of handling resource requests on priority basis. The method comprising receiving a resource request from a preferred subscriber having a monetary priority designation and processing the job request from the preferred subscriber prior to processing other job requests from non-preferred subscribers having a non-priority designation.

A resource request handling system comprising at least one preferred subscriber, at least one non-preferred subscriber, and a throughput resource. The preferred subscriber has a monetary priority designation and the non-preferred subscriber has a non-monetary priority designation. The throughput resource has a priority scheduling queue configured for handling resource requests of the preferred subscriber prior to handling resource requests of the non-preferred subscribers.

Claims

1. A method of prioritizing computer resource requests, the method comprising:

receiving a first resource request at a throughput resource from a preferred subscriber having a monetary priority designation; and

processing the resource request from the preferred subscriber prior to processing a second resource request from a non-preferred subscriber having a non-monetary priority designation.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the processing step further comprises:

transmitting the first resource request to a job resource configured for performing the resource request.

3. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:

establishing an internet service provider as the preferred subscriber and an internet router as the throughput resource.

4. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:

establishing a client as the preferred subscriber and an internet service provider as the throughput resource.

5. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:

establishing a web browser as the preferred subscriber and a web server as the throughput resource.

6. The method of claim 5 and further comprising:

providing the web server as a service provider configured for performing a transaction for the web browser.

7. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:

providing the throughput resource as a server system configured for acting as at least one of the following computer resources;

web resource, file resource, printer, network resource, load leveler, router, hub, data resource, transaction resource, access resource, transmission resource, authorization resource, and stock trader.

8. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:

providing the throughput resource as at least one of a local area network, a internet access/service provider, a router, and a server, each having a monetary priority scheduler queue.

9. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:

providing the preferred subscriber as at least one of a local area network, a internet access/service provider, and a router, each having a monetary priority designation.

10. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:

prioritizing resource requests based on a job type monetary priority designation associated with at least one of the following job types;

email, data, access, transmission, routing, and transactions.

11. A method of handling job requests on a monetary priority basis comprising:

establishing a priority designation for each subscriber based on a relationship with a throughput resource including at least one of a monetary priority designation and a non-monetary priority designation;

receiving a job request from the subscriber at the throughput resource;

identifying the priority designation associated with the job request; and

scheduling the job request in a queue based on the priority designation with job requests having a monetary priority designation being performed prior to job requests having a non-monetary priority designation.

12. A priority resource request handling system comprising:

a first subscriber having a first monetary priority designation and a second subscriber having a second monetary priority designation; and

a throughput resource having a priority scheduling queue configured for handling resource requests of the first subscriber prior to handling resource requests of the second subscribers based on their respective monetary priority designations.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the queue of the throughput resource comprises:

an input and output queue configured for handling both input and output resource requests on a monetary priority basis.

14. The system of claim 12 and further comprising:

a job resource for performing the resource request.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein the throughput resource is configured to perform at least one of a communication request, a data transmission request, a network communication routing request, and a network access request.

16. A pay for performance prioritized internet communication system comprising:

a preferred web browser configured to have a monetary priority designation; and

an internet service provider configured to act as a throughput resource including a queue for processing requests from the preferred web browser prior to processing other requests in the queue that lack a monetary priority designation.

17. The system of claim 16 and further comprising:

a local area network configured to act as a throughput resource for the preferred web browser and as a preferred subscriber to the internet service provider.

18. The system of claim 16 and further comprising:

a router configured to act as a second throughput resource on a monetary priority basis for the web browser; and

a server configured to act as a throughput resource on a monetary priority basis for the router.

19. The system of claim 16 and further comprising:

a server configured to act as a second throughput resource on a monetary priority basis for the web browser.

20. The system of claim 16 and further comprising:

a service provider configured to act as a preferred subscriber and a router configured to act as the throughput resource on a monetary prior basis for the internet service provider.

21. A monetary prioritized network communication system comprising:

a plurality of computer resources including;

a web browser;

a local area network;

an internet service provider;

a router; and

a server,

wherein each computer resource is configured to act as a preferred subscriber to a throughput resource and to hold a monetary priority designation and wherein each of the local area network, the internet service provider, the router and the server are configured to act as the throughput resource relative to a subscriber and have a queue configured for prioritizing computer resource requests on a monetary priority basis using the monetary priority designations of the subscribers.

22. The system of claim 21 and further comprising:

a subscriber link for maintaining a monetary contractual relationship between one of the subscribers and one of the throughput resources.

23. A monetary priority subscription monitor comprising:

a graphical user interface including;

an activation function;

a login function; and

a job type priority designation function configured for managing monetary priority designations for at least one of the following job types;

email, data, access, transmission, routing, and transactional.

24. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of monetarily prioritizing computer resource requests, the method comprising:

receiving a resource request at a throughput resource from a preferred subscriber having a monetary priority designation; and

processing the resource request from the preferred subscriber prior to processing a resource request from a non-preferred subscriber having a non-monetary priority designation.

25. The medium of claim 24 wherein the method further comprises:

providing the throughput resource as a server system configured for acting as at least one of the following computer resources;

web resource, file resource, printer, network resource, load leveler, router, hub, data resource, transaction resource, access resource, transmission resource, authorization resource, and stock trader.

26. The medium of claim 24 wherein the method further comprises:

providing the throughput resource as at least one of a local area network, a internet access/service provider, a router, and a server, each having a monetary priority scheduler queue.

27. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of handling resource requests on a monetary priority basis, the method comprising:

establishing a priority designation for each subscriber based on a relationship with a throughput resource including at least one of a monetary priority designation and a non-monetary priority designation;

receiving a job request from the subscriber at the throughput resource;

identifying the priority designation associated with the job request; and

scheduling the job request in a queue based on the priority designation with job requests having a monetary priority designation being performed prior to job requests having a non-monetary priority designation.