METHOD TO DIFFUSE CLOUD PEAK LOAD BY DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING COMMUNICATION SCHEDULES

• US 20150341280A1
• Filed: 05/22/2014
• Published: 11/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Wang, Jianxin, Yeung, Michael, Su, William
• Application Number:
  US14/285,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20150341280A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/56 implementing delay-aware scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

Systems, methods, and servers for providing services to a device are described. A device connected to a network is configured to transmit, via the network, a request for a service in accordance with a first communications schedule. The device may receive, via the network, a modified communications schedule. The device may re-transmit, via the network, the request for the service in accordance with the modified communications schedule.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a device connected to a network, the device is configured;

to transmit, via the network, a request for a service in accordance with a first communications schedule,

to receive, via the network, a modified communications schedule, and

to re-transmit, via the network, the request for the service in accordance with the modified communications schedule.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein

the modified communications schedule defines a particular future time for retransmission of the request for the service.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein

the modified communications schedule defines a schedule for transmission of all future requests for the service.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein

the device is a multifunction peripheral.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a server connected to the network, the server configured;

to receive, via the network, the request for the service from the device;

to determine whether or not resources to fulfill the request for the service are available; and

when resources to fulfill the request for the service are not available, to transmit, via the network, the modified communications schedule to the device.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the server is further configured:

upon determining that resources to fulfill the request for the service are not available, analyzing a temporal load distribution to identify a future time when resources will be available to fulfill the request for the service and defining the modified communications schedule such that the request for the service is retransmitted by the device at the identified future time.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the resources to fulfill the request for service include one or both of a communications bandwidth and a processing capacity.

8. A method for a device to receive a service via a network, comprising:

a device connected to a network, the device is configured;

to transmit, via the network, a request for the service in accordance with a first communications schedule,

to receive, via the network, a modified communications schedule, and

to re-transmit, via the network, the request for the service in accordance with the modified communications schedule.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein

the modified communications schedule defines a particular future time for retransmission of the request for the first service.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein

the modified communications schedule defines a schedule for transmission of all future requests for the service.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein

the device is a multifunction peripheral.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

a server receiving, via the network, the request for the service from the device;

the server determining whether or not resources to fulfill the request for the service are available; and

when resources to fulfill the request for the service are not available, to transmit, via the network, the modified communications schedule to the device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the server is further configured:

upon determining that resources to fulfill the request for the service are not available, analyzing a temporal load distribution to identify a future time when resources to fulfill the request for the service will be available and defining the modified communications schedule such that the request for the service is retransmitted by the device at the identified future time.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the resources to fulfill the request for service include one or both of a communications bandwidth and a processing capacity.

15. A server, comprising:

a processor, memory, and an interface to a network, the processor executing instructions that cause the server to perform actions including;

receiving, via the network, a request for a service from a device connected to the network;

determining whether or not resources to fulfill the request for the service are available; and

when resources to fulfill the request for the service are not available, to transmit, via the network, the modified communications schedule to the device.

16. The server of claim 15, the actions performed further including:

upon determining that resources to fulfill the request for the service are not available, analyzing a temporal load distribution to identify a future time when resources to fulfill the request for the service will be available and defining the modified communications schedule such that the request for the service is retransmitted by the device at the identified future time.

17. The server of claim 15, wherein

the modified communications schedule defines a particular future time for retransmission of the request for the first service.

18. The server of claim 15, wherein

the modified communications schedule defines a schedule for transmission of all future requests for the service.

19. The server of claim 15, wherein the resources to fulfill the request for service include one or both of a communications bandwidth and a processing capacity.