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Quality of service maintenance for distributed collaborative computing

  • US 6,567,813 B1
  • Filed: 12/29/2000
  • Issued: 05/20/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of distributed collaborative computing comprising:

  • partitioning a collaboration function into sub-functions;

    assigning at least one said sub-function to each of a plurality of logical processes;

    associating a respective management process with each of said plurality of logical processes, said logical processes configured so that each said logical process is capable of communicating with every other said logical process thru said respective management process;

    communicating between said logical processes using said respective management processes; and

    monitoring said respective management processes with a single supervisor process;

    wherein said monitoring further comprises;

    obtaining state information;

    combining said state information with load information to create a quality of service (QoS) value; and

    modifying said partitioning based on said QoS value.

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