Patent · US Expired

Request scheduler for automated software configuration

US7051092B2 · kind B2 · utility

20Cited by

6References

12Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Norbert Lenz · Eppelheim, DE
Frank Mielke · Pforzheim, DE
Ralf Thelen · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 28, 2000
Grant date	May 23, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 10, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/5061
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of adapting software to requirements setup at the user site. It is suited for heterogeneous system management environment to configure software automatically. In particular, it relates to automated management of resources and even more particularly to automated configuration of software programs. Basically, the invention proposes a sequence of the following steps: accessing a repository comprising the requests, reorganizing said requests in a sense that they are ordered, bundled, etc., and invoking resource managing programs, e.g., supporters for handling the service of said requests.

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