Method of and apparatus for operating a client/server computer network
Patent 5249290 Issued on September 28, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date: 
February 22, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
February 22, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesSystem for shared remote access of multiple application programs executing in one or more computers Dynamic resource allocation scheme for distributed heterogeneous computer systems Patent #: 5031089 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 658827 filed on 02/22/1991US Classes:718/105, Load balancing709/203, Client/server709/226Network resource allocatingExaminersPrimary: Shaw, Gareth D.Assistant: Katbab, A. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 012/00AbstractA server of a client/server network uses server processes to access shared server resources in response to service requests from client computers connected to the network. The server uses a measured workload indication to assign a received client service request to a server process. In one embodiment the measured workload indication is determined in response to an input from the server's administrator specifying the number of clients (N) which may request service from the server. Using the number N, the server accesses a predefined table to determine the number of clients that may be assigned to each process. In another embodiment, a busy indicator provides a measured workload indication for each active process. The server uses the busy indicator to assign a new client service request to the least busy process.Other References
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