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Scheduling apparatus and method

  • US 20110066758A1
  • Filed: 09/09/2010
  • Published: 03/17/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A scheduling apparatus for sending queries to communication modules in buildings and receiving facility information measured at monitor-control points from the communication modules, comprising:

  • a storage unit configured to store a network address of each communication module, a waiting time to receive the facility information from each communication module after sending a query, and a connection between each communication module and the monitor-control points;

    a receiving unit configured to receive a service request indicating at least one monitor-control point;

    a generation unit configured to generate queries by referring to the storage unit, each query including the network address of a communication module connected with a monitor-control point indicated by the service request, and to decide a priority of each query based on the waiting time corresponding to the communication module; and

    a processing unit configured to add each query to a first send queue or a second send queue based on the priority, and to send queries from the first send queue and queries from the second send queue, a timing to send from the first send queue is same as or earlier than a timing to send from the second send queue.

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