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Load sharing controller for optimizing resource utilization cost

  • US 6,370,560 B1
  • Filed: 03/13/1998
  • Issued: 04/09/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for distributing a computing job and optimizing said distributed job'"'"'s total associated monetary cost of processing said job, comprising:

  • a plurality of processor platforms, each with an associated resource utilization cost;

    a controller for dividing said computing job into segments and allocating said segments to at least two of said processor platforms; and

    a network for connecting said processor platforms and said controller;

    wherein said allocation of said segments includes an initial allocation to at least two of said processor platforms, retrieval of said processor platform'"'"'s resource utilization cost information and a further reallocation of at least a portion of said segments to reduce said total monetary cost of said processing job responsive to said retrieved resource utilization costs.

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