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System using environment manager with resource table in each computer for managing distributed computing resources managed for each application

  • US 6,081,826 A
  • Filed: 03/11/1997
  • Issued: 06/27/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for managing computing resources in a plurality of computers which are mutually connected by a network with each computer comprising an application and an environment manager including a resource table for managing computing resources which are available for said application, said method comprising the steps of:

  • when a first application on the computer initiates communication with a second application on the computer over said network, detecting said communication between the first application and the second application;

    when said communication is detected, copying a resource table of the first application which records the computing resources available for the first application and contains addresses of environment managers from different computers in said network concerning with the first application for enabling a corresponding environment manager to manage the computing resources which are available for said first application and forming a first table, and copying a resource table of the second application which records the computing resources available for the second application and contains addresses of environment managers from different computers in said network concerning with the second application for enabling a corresponding environment manager to manage the computing resources which are available for said second application and forming a second table;

    adding contents of said second table into said first table, and adding contents of said first table into said second table;

    executing said communication by said first application with reference to said first table in which the contents of said second table were added; and

    executing said communication by said second application with reference to said second table in which the contents of said first table were added.

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