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Amortizing costs of shared scans

US8484649B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 5, 2011
Grant dateJul 9, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 17, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/4843
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for scheduling a plurality of jobs sharing input are provided. The techniques include partitioning one or more input datasets into multiple subcomponents, analyzing a plurality of jobs to determine which of the plurality of jobs require scanning of one or more common subcomponents of the one or more input datasets, and scheduling a plurality of jobs that require scanning of one or more common subcomponents of the one or more input datasets, facilitating a single scanning of the one or more common subcomponents to be used as input by each of the plurality of jobs.

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