Partial role or task allocation responsive to data-transformative attributes

• US 20070282880A1
• Filed: 05/31/2006
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Cohen, Alexander J., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Mangione-Smith, William Henry, Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Application Number:
  US11/445,503
• Publication Number:
  US 20070282880A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A method and system are described for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role or for selecting a first service responsive to an attribute of the first service, to an indication of a second service relating to a task, and to a data-transformative attribute of the task, and for allocating a portion of the task to the first service selected responsive to the attribute of the first service, to the indication of the second service relating to the task, and to the data-transformative attribute of the task or for partially allocating the data-transformative role to the first process selected responsive to the attribute of the first process and to the indication of the second process serving the data-transformative role.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role; and

partially allocating the data-transformative role to the first process selected responsive to the attribute of the first process and to the indication of the second process serving the data-transformative role.

2. The method of claim 1 in which selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

establishing one or more role-division criteria responsive to the second process serving the data-transformative role.

4. The method of claim 1 in which selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

selecting the first process responsive to an access mode as the attribute of the first process.

7. The method of claim 1 in which partially allocating the data-transformative role to the first process selected responsive to the attribute of the first process and to the indication of the second process serving the data-transformative role comprises:

allocating a non-data-transformative task of the data-transformative role to the first process responsive to an indication that the first process can perform the non-data-transformative task.

9. The method of claim 1 in which selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

selecting the first process responsive to a loading attribute of the second process.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

evaluating transformed data from the first process via the second process.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

monitoring the first process serving the partially allocated data-transformative role.

15. The method of claim 1 in which selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

generating the indication of the second process serving the data-transformative role.

16. The method of claim 1 in which selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

signaling a decision to allocate substantially none of the data-transformative role to a third process.

18. The method of claim 1 in which selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

obtaining a service quality indicator of the data-transformative role.

20. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting one or more instructions satisfying one or more selection criteria; and

routing to the second process the one or more selected instructions satisfying the one or more selection criteria.

22. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

partially allocating the data-transformative role to a third process.

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24. A system comprising:

means for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role; and

means for partially allocating the data-transformative role to the first process selected responsive to the attribute of the first process and to the indication of the second process serving the data-transformative role.

25. The system of claim 24 in which the means for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

means for establishing one or more role-division criteria responsive to the second process serving the data-transformative role.

26. The system of claim 24 in which the means for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

means for evaluating at least a task of the data-transformative role responsive to a certificate.

27. The system of claim 24 in which the means for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

means for selecting the first process responsive to an access mode as the attribute of the first process.

29. The system of claim 24 in which the means for partially allocating the data-transformative role to the first process selected responsive to the attribute of the first process and to the indication of the second process serving the data-transformative role comprises:

means for allocating a data-transformative portion of the data-transformative role to the second process responsive to an attribute of the second process.

31. The system of claim 24 in which the means for partially allocating the data-transformative role to the first process selected responsive to the attribute of the first process and to the indication of the second process serving the data-transformative role comprises:

means for allocating a task of the data-transformative role to the first process responsive to a risk evaluation of the task.

32. The system of claim 24 in which the means for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

means for selecting the first process responsive to a loading attribute of the second process.

35. The system of claim 24 further comprising:

means for allocating one or more data-transformative tasks of the data-transformative role to the first process.

39. The system of claim 24 in which the means for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

means for signaling a decision to allocate substantially none of the data-transformative role to a third process.

40. The system of claim 24 in which the means for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

means for indicating at least a magnitude as the indication of the second process serving the data-transformative role.

41. The system of claim 24 in which the means for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

means for obtaining a service quality indicator of the data-transformative role.

45. The system of claim 24 further comprising:

means for partially allocating the data-transformative role to a third process.

46. The system of claim 24 further comprising:

means for allocating a task of the data-transformative role to a third process responsive to an indication of the third process serving the data-transformative role.

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47. A system comprising:

circuitry for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role; and

circuitry for partially allocating the data-transformative role to the first process selected responsive to the attribute of the first process and to the indication of the second process serving the data-transformative role.

49. The system of claim 47 in which the circuitry for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

circuitry for evaluating at least a task of the data-transformative role responsive to a certificate.

51. The system of claim 47 in which the circuitry for partially allocating the data-transformative role to the first process selected responsive to the attribute of the first process and to the indication of the second process serving the data-transformative role comprises:

circuitry for routing one or more tasks of the data-transformative role to the first process responsive to the second process releasing the one or more tasks.

52. The system of claim 47 in which the circuitry for partially allocating the data-transformative role to the first process selected responsive to the attribute of the first process and to the indication of the second process serving the data-transformative role comprises:

circuitry for allocating a data-transformative portion of the data-transformative role to the second process responsive to an attribute of the second process.

57. The system of claim 47 further comprising:

circuitry for partially allocating the data-transformative role to a third process in lieu of the second process.

58. The system of claim 47 further comprising:

circuitry for allocating one or more data-transformative tasks of the data-transformative role to the first process.

61. The system of claim 47 in which the circuitry for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

circuitry for generating the indication of the second process serving the data-transformative role.

63. The system of claim 47 in which the circuitry for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role comprises:

circuitry for indicating at least a magnitude as the indication of the second process serving the data-transformative role.

69. The system of claim 47 further comprising:

circuitry for allocating a task of the data-transformative role to a third process responsive to an indication of the third process serving the data-transformative role.

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70. A method comprising:

selecting a first service responsive to an attribute of the first service, to an indication of a second service relating to a task, and to a data-transformative attribute of the task; and

allocating a portion of the task to the first service selected responsive to the attribute of the first service, to the indication of the second service relating to the task, and to the data-transformative attribute of the task.

71. The method of claim 70 in which selecting a first service responsive to an attribute of the first service, to an indication of a second service relating to a task, and to a data-transformative attribute of the task comprises:

establishing mobility as the attribute of the first service.

73. The method of claim 70 in which allocating a portion of the task to the first service selected responsive to the attribute of the first service, to the indication of the second service relating to the task, and to the data-transformative attribute of the task comprises:

allocating work at least between the first service and the second service responsive to a load indicator of the first service and a load indicator of the second service, the work including at least the allocated portion of the task.

74. The method of claim 70 in which allocating a portion of the task to the first service selected responsive to the attribute of the first service, to the indication of the second service relating to the task, and to the data-transformative attribute of the task comprises:

establishing the data-transformative attribute of the task as an encoding.

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76. A system comprising:

means for selecting a first service responsive to an attribute of the first service, to an indication of a second service relating to a task, and to a data-transformative attribute of the task; and

means for allocating a portion of the task to the first service selected responsive to the attribute of the first service, to the indication of the second service relating to the task, and to the data-transformative attribute of the task.

78. The system of claim 76 in which the means for selecting a first service responsive to an attribute of the first service, to an indication of a second service relating to a task, and to a data-transformative attribute of the task comprises:

means for deriving an evaluation of the first service as the attribute of the first service.

81. The system of claim 76 in which the means for allocating a portion of the task to the first service selected responsive to the attribute of the first service, to the indication of the second service relating to the task, and to the data-transformative attribute of the task comprises:

means for establishing the data-transformative attribute of the task as a distillation.

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82. A system comprising:

circuitry for selecting a first service responsive to an attribute of the first service, to an indication of a second service relating to a task, and to a data-transformative attribute of the task; and

circuitry for allocating a portion of the task to the first service selected responsive to the attribute of the first service, to the indication of the second service relating to the task, and to the data-transformative attribute of the task.

83. The system of claim 82 in which the circuitry for selecting a first service responsive to an attribute of the first service, to an indication of a second service relating to a task, and to a data-transformative attribute of the task comprises:

circuitry for establishing mobility as the attribute of the first service.

87. The system of claim 82 in which the circuitry for allocating a portion of the task to the first service selected responsive to the attribute of the first service, to the indication of the second service relating to the task, and to the data-transformative attribute of the task comprises:

circuitry for establishing the data-transformative attribute of the task as a distillation.

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