Coordinating Services
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1. A method comprising:
- determining a fixed component of the cost associated with the use of a service in a computer system;
determining an incremental component of the cost associated with the use of the service;
determining a set of clients to which the service is available; and
using the determined fixed and incremental components to schedule use of the service by the set of clients so as to control the overall system cost.
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Abstract
The use of one or more services in a computer system is scheduled so as to limit the overall system cost. The scheduling is based upon information concerning the fixed and incremental components of the cost of using the service, and a set of clients to which the service is available.
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47 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a fixed component of the cost associated with the use of a service in a computer system; determining an incremental component of the cost associated with the use of the service; determining a set of clients to which the service is available; and using the determined fixed and incremental components to schedule use of the service by the set of clients so as to control the overall system cost.
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23. Apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, working with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following; determine a fixed component of the cost associated with the use of a service in a computer system; determine an incremental component of the cost associated with the use of the service; determine a set of clients to which the service is available; and use the determined fixed and incremental components to schedule use of the service by the set of clients so as to control the overall system cost. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44)
varies in dependence upon the use of the other service; the knowledgebase contains said relationship, associated with the first service; and scheduling the use of the first service further comprises using said relationship to limit the overall system cost.
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41. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein scheduling use of the first service comprises clustering at least one instance of the first service and at least one instance of the second service, so as to share at least a portion of the fixed cost components of the clustered instances.
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42. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein scheduling use of the first service comprises avoiding clustering of instances of both the first service and second service.
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44. The apparatus of claim 23 comprising a mobile telephone.
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47. A computer readable medium, having stored thereon a program comprising instructions for:
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determining a fixed component of the cost associated with the use of a service in a computer system; determining an incremental component of the cost associated with the use of the service; determining a set of clients to which the service is available; and using the determined fixed and incremental components to schedule use of the service by the set of clients so as to control the overall system cost.
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