Control method and apparatus for computer network system
US5202989A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 18, 1990 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/042
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a computer network system in which a plurality of computer systems managed by different managers are connected, each computer system in the network system is provided with a group of tables for storing the characteristics of computer systems in the network system with which the site of that computer system is communicatable, the cumulative total of account information when that computer system requested the execution of jobs to another site, the cumulative total of account information when the site of that computer system executed jobs requested from another site, and the calculated value of the balance of accounts between the site of that computer system and each site in correspondence to each of sites in the network system and is also provided with a group of processing programs. When the site of that computer system requests the execution of a job to one of the other sites, the site of that computer system examines the calculated value of the balance of accounts between the site of that computer system and each of the other sites so that a site to which the execution of the job is to be requested is selected on the basis of the balance of accounts between the site of that com…
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