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Prioritized token based arbiter and method

  • US 9,043,865 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2012
  • Issued: 05/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a limited resource comprising;

    one or more processors that are configured to analyze arbiter metrics included in secured tokens associated with one or more users seeking access to the limited resource; and

    memory coupled to the one or more processors comprising one or more instructions executable at the one or more processors, the one or more processors operable when executing the instructions to;

    receive, from each of one or more user devices associated with the one or more users, a secured token issued by a network element, the secured token comprising at least an absolute preemptive metric;

    determine a highest preemptive right user among the one or more users seeking access to the limited resource by reading the absolute preemptive metric included in each secured token associated with the one or more users; and

    allow the user having the highest preemptive right to have exclusive access to the limited resource.

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