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Method and apparatus for managing reallocation of system resources

  • US 8,589,936 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2010
  • Issued: 11/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for allocating a resource of a management system, comprising:

  • receiving, from a first borrower, a request for a system resource allocation;

    determining a request priority of the first borrower based on a present resource allocation associated with the first borrower, wherein the first borrower request priority is determined using at least one of;

    a first mapping of a range of priority values available for assignment to the first borrower to a range of allocable resource values defined by a minimum number of resources assignable to the first borrower and a maximum number of resources assignable to the first borrower;

    ora second mapping of a range of priority values available for assignment to the first borrower to a plurality of priority levels associated with the first borrower;

    determining a hold priority of a second borrower based on a present resource allocation associated with the second borrower; and

    determining, using the first borrower request priority and the second borrower hold priority, whether to reallocate any of the second borrower resource allocation to the first borrower.

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