Central office based virtual personal computer
US9459927B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 22, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4856
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A virtual personal computer is implemented in a communication system comprising a plurality of central offices each of which communicates with a plurality of client devices over a corresponding access network. A given one of the central offices comprises at least one compute server and at least one storage server. The virtual personal computer is configured by allocating physical processing resources of the compute server and physical storage resources of the storage server to that virtual personal computer. User access is provided to the virtual personal computer via one of the client devices. The virtual personal computer can be dynamically reconfigured by altering the allocation of at least one of the physical processing resources and the physical storage resources to the given virtual personal computer responsive to particular applications selected by the user to run on the given virtual personal computer.
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