Method of smoothing the workload of a server
US9979610B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 18, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8355
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Smoothing a workload of a server responding to requests transmitted by terminals includes computing a scheduled date on which the terminal must connect with the server to transmit the request to it, activating the connection based on the date so that the second connection happens on or after it, building a workload schedule for the server according to dates, for each terminal, recording switching between active and inactive states thereof, building, for each terminal, based on the recorded switching, a profile associating, with each coming date, a probability that the terminal is active on that date, and wherein computing the date comprises selecting, based on the workload schedule and the profile, a scheduled date associated, in the workload schedule, with a forecast workload below a first threshold, and, in the profile of use of the terminal, with a probability, above a second threshold, that the terminal is active.
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