Multimedia resource reservation system with graphical interface for manual input of resource reservation value
First Claim
1. A system for adjusting a resource reservation for multimedia and normal traffic in a computer system comprising:
- means for determining a current maximum resource reservation value for reserving a portion of a computer system resource for multimedia traffic;
storage means for storing data concerning the resource, the resource data including the current maximum resource reservation value;
means for presenting on a system display in a graphical user interface the current maximum resource reservation value;
means for changing the presentation of the current maximum resource reservation value to a new maximum resource reservation value in response to input to the graphical user interface; and
means for reserving a portion of the resource for multimedia traffic according to the new maximum resource reservation value and a remainder of the resource for normal traffic,so that multimedia and normal traffic on the system is improved.
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Abstract
A system, method and program for adjusting a resource reservation for multimedia and normal traffic. An initialization file is used for storing data concerning a resource including a current maximum resource reservation for multimedia traffic. The user is presented the current maximum resource reservation, preferably in a graphical user interface to allow the user to adjust the resource reservation to a new maximum resource reservation in the initialization file. One preferred graphical user interface presents a range of resource reservations is represented as a scale and the current maximum resource reservation as a point on the scale. The resource reservation is used by the operating system or other software for reserving a portion of the resource. The remainder of the resource is allocated to normal traffic.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for adjusting a resource reservation for multimedia and normal traffic in a computer system comprising:
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means for determining a current maximum resource reservation value for reserving a portion of a computer system resource for multimedia traffic; storage means for storing data concerning the resource, the resource data including the current maximum resource reservation value; means for presenting on a system display in a graphical user interface the current maximum resource reservation value; means for changing the presentation of the current maximum resource reservation value to a new maximum resource reservation value in response to input to the graphical user interface; and means for reserving a portion of the resource for multimedia traffic according to the new maximum resource reservation value and a remainder of the resource for normal traffic, so that multimedia and normal traffic on the system is improved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for adjusting a resource reservation for multimedia and normal traffic in a computer system comprising the steps of:
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means for determining a current maximum resource reservation value for reserving a portion of a computer system resource for multimedia traffic; storing data concerning the resource, the resource data for the resource including the current maximum resource reservation value; presenting the current maximum resource reservation value on a system display in a graphical user interface; changing the presentation of the current maximum resource reservation value to a new maximum resource reservation value in response to input to the graphical user interface; and reserving a portion of the resource according to the new maximum resource reservation value for multimedia traffic and a remainder of the resource for normal traffic, so that multimedia and normal traffic on the system is improved. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer readable storage device containing a computer program for adjusting a resource reservation for multimedia and normal traffic in a computer system comprising:
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means for determining a current maximum resource reservation value for reserving a portion of a computer system resource for multimedia traffic; storage means for storing data concerning the resource, the resource data including the current maximum resource reservation value; means for presenting the current maximum resource reservation value in a graphical user interface; means for changing the presentation of the current maximum resource reservation value to a new maximum resource reservation value in response to input to the graphical user interface; and means for reserving a portion of the resource for multimedia traffic according to the new maximum resource reservation value and a remainder of the resource for normal traffic, so that multimedia and normal traffic on the system is improved. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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