1008 results about "Resource Management System" patented technology

A monitoring system for a distributed environment including a plurality of hosts capable of executing multiple copies of a scalable application includes a first device for generating first data corresponding to performance of all copies of the scalable application; a second device for generating second data corresponding to performance of all host in the distributed environment; and a third device for generating performance metrics based on the first and second data.

Systems for management of community resources; in certain aspects community resources including community-wide resources and individual unit (home, business) resources of a plurality of individual units; management including real-time supervision, monitoring, adjusting, and control of any and all resources, control via network (wired or wireless).

A Next Generation Network (NGN) resource management system and method includes a network topology discovery mechanism at the scale of an administrative domain. Information about nodes and links, such as bandwidth, delay, jitter, name and description of devices is collected and stored in a database by way of a protocol. The protocol is notifications-based, which involves each node device (e.g., a switch, router etc.) notifying its presence to its neighboring node.

A system for enterprise resource management is provided. The system includes a purchase order helper system that receives purchase order entry data and generates purchase order data. The system also includes a sales order helper system that receives sales order entry data and generating sales order data. An inventory control helper system connected to the purchase order system and the sales order system generates inventory control data based upon the sales order data and the purchase order data. A general ledger helper system coupled to the purchase order helper system, the sales order helper system, and the inventory control helper system generates general ledger data based upon the sales order data, purchase order data, and the inventory control data.

A system for on demand session and resource management in an on demand platform for delivery of on demand digital assets is distributed and scalable. A session manager manages on demand sessions. A resource manager manages resources associated with the on demand delivery of a digital asset to an on demand client. The architecture is partitioned into logical components. Each logical component interfaces with at least one other logical component through a defined interface. The session manager is a separate logical component from the resource manager.

A renewable energy resource management system manages a delivery of a power requirement from a multi-resource offshore renewable energy installation to an intelligent power distribution network. The installation includes multiple renewable energy resource components and is capable of variably and independently generating power from each to microgrids comprising the intelligent power distribution network so that the entire power requirement is satisfied from renewable energy resources. An electricity grid infrastructure is also disclosed in which power production is balanced with power consumption so that power storage requirements are minimized.

Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media provide for allocating vehicle resources to future vehicle requirements. In some embodiments, allocating a vehicle resource to a vehicle requirement may be based on an iterative analysis of candidate vehicle resources using one or more of: a suitability of a candidate vehicle resource to fulfil the vehicle requirement, a journey time from a vehicle location to a start location, and / or a start time for the vehicle requirement.

A resource management system for tracking the real-time location and status of a plurality of trucks during interaction with a plurality of batch plants and a plurality of jobsites to provide a system for managing the trucks and drivers; providing customer efficiency; and providing dispatch accountability. Vehicle-mounted sensors automatically communicate delivery status information via a wireless network, all without requiring driver intervention. The on-board personal computer (PC) or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) displays GPS maps, relays driver messages and stores performance data. The status and performance data can be reviewed in real time to allow the dispatcher to efficiently manage the truck fleet with regard to the jobsite demands and the capabilities of the available batch plants. Alternatively, the status and performance data can be reviewed at a later time to analyze and improve resource allocation. Further, the system is automated and digital, thus eliminating driver-generated forms, minimizing entry errors and lowering the data entry costs associated with producing manual load tickets.

The invention provides a system and method for managing clusters of parallel processors for use by groups and individuals requiring supercomputer level computational power. A Beowulf cluster provides supercomputer level processing power. Unlike a traditional Beowulf cluster; however, cluster size in not singular or static. As jobs are received from users / customers, a Resource Management System (RMS) dynamically configures and reconfigures the available nodes in the system into clusters of the appropriate sizes to process the jobs. Depending on the overall size of the system, many users may have simultaneous access to supercomputer level computational processing. Users are preferably billed based on the time for completion with faster times demanding higher fees.

The invention provides a secure and efficient resource management system and a corresponding method for managing resources of a product that is put on the market by a licensor via a distribution chain. In particular, the number of keys needed for managing said resources can be reduced. At the time that the product is released to the market the exact licensing conditions of the product need not be known yet. The licensing conditions and the associated configuration of resources of the product are managed via a second key which is provided to a licensee. The licensee, however, has no knowledge of the first key and the derivation function which generates said second key based on the first key. Therefore, it is ensured that the licensee cannot claim more resources of the product than the licensor allows.

The invention relates to a multi-core system computer resource management system based on a virtual computer technology. The system comprises a plurality of virtual machines, a virtual machine monitor and a virtual machine manager. The virtual machine monitor monitors the load condition and the operation state of the virtual machine at real time. The virtual machine manager is a bond for communication between a virtual machine and a physical host. The virtual machine operates on the virtual machine manager and provides the user with a virtual platform. At the same time, the invention divides the virtual machine into three general categories, and different resource adjusting strategies are adopted for each category of the virtual machine respectively. The invention provides a practical and feasible way for the dynamic adjusting and distributing problem of multi-core computer resource and realizes the maximization of energy saving and resource utilization.

Provided is a resource management system in a communication system including a plurality of systems having no right to use a first frequency band. The resource management system includes: a coexistence manager (CM) configured to manage the plurality of systems for the purpose of coexistence and frequency sharing of the plurality of systems in a frequency band available for the plurality of systems, when the available frequency band is detected in the first frequency band; a coexistence enabler (CE) configured to transmit and receive information of the plurality of systems and information of the CM; and a coexistence discovery and information server (CDIS) configured to support the CM to control the plurality of systems. The CM performs channel classification for the first frequency band based on channel information of the available frequency band, and allocates operating channels to the plurality of systems.

A resource management system for an intelligent communications network having one or more distributed service nodes, each service node for providing services relating to an event received at a network resource associated with a service node. The system comprising a first processing tier comprising one or more local execution environments located at a node, each execution environment including a mechanism for instantiating one or more service objects capable of performing event services at a first local execution environment, and, for generating status information relating to executing service objects; and, a second processing tier associated with a service node and including a system processor for tracking status and availability of service objects and local execution environments. Upon receipt of service requests, the system processor communicates with the first processing tier for receiving the status information and initiating service object instantiation in the one or more local execution environments in the first processing tier at the node based upon the status and availability information of the requested service object.

A method of administering a voice server can include, within the voice server, receiving a call from a system administrator. Call control data of the received call can be matched with a system administration application of the voice server. The system administration application can be executed. Responsive to the executing step, communications between the system administration application and a resource management system of the voice server can be established such that the system administrator can interact with the resource management system to request administrative functions over the call.

A resource management system and method for inter-cell interference coordination and channel information feedback in a mobile communication system are provided. The resource management method includes transmitting an Almost Blank Subframe (ABS) set from a first base station to a second base station, transmitting a reference resource configuration set for channel measurement and a Radio Link Monitor / Radio Resource Measurement (RLM / RRM) for radio resource measurement from the second base station to a terminal, and scheduling, at the second base station, the terminal in a subframe selected from the ABS set.

The invention provides an operation management method of an electric power system cloud simulation platform. The electric power system cloud simulation platform comprises a cloud simulation resource management system and a cloud simulation application supporting system. The method comprises the following steps that the cloud simulation resource management system is constructed; the cloud simulation application supporting system is constructed; the safety of the electric power system cloud simulation platform is determined; operation management of the electric power system cloud simulation platform is carried out. Cloud simulation analytical calculation application is achieved, multiple users can carry out currents, transient stability, small interference, short-circuit currents and other simulation calculation functions on one or more sets of data according to the permission in the mode of facing network services, and the limitation that services and data of standalone version software cannot be shared in large-scale interconnected power grid analytical calculation is eliminated.

A method of managing critical resource usage comprises monitoring queue depth in at least one critical resource queue for a high level of resource consumption and preventing subsequent commands of a client / server combination in response to a command that increases resource consumption to the high level. The method further comprises queuing an identifier of the client / server combination on a waiting queue, removing the client / server combination identifier from the waiting queue in queuing order as resource consumption declines, and enabling commands of the client / server combination.

An architecture, design, and realization for providing Quality of Service (QoS) to Internet Protocol (IP) networks based on a three-class differentiated service scheme where the service provider uses a resource management system and a schedule optimizer to enable the optimal use of bandwidth and buffer resources at each node or router along the various links between the ingress and egress points in a network. The resource reservation system checks to determine if sufficient bandwidth resources are available along the path requested by the customer for a particular class. The schedule optimizer ensures that sufficient buffer resource allocations and parameter settings are made to optimally reach the predetermined QoS criteria for each of the three classes. The system also contains a mechanism supporting resource reservations providing additional resources along alternative paths if the selected path links fail in the network.

A resource management system for a virtual machine computing environment includes a software component that optimizes capacity between server clusters or groups by monitoring the capacity of server clusters or groups and automatically adding and removing host systems to and from server clusters or groups. The software component may be implemented at a server cluster management level to monitor and execute host system moves between server clusters and / or at a higher level in the resource management hierarchy. At the higher level, the software component is configured to monitor and execute host system moves between sets of server clusters being managed by different server cluster management agents.

The invention provides a terminal resource management system for a multi-application process embedded system and a method. All application processes need to call specific application program interfaces to access terminal resources; the terminal resources are a set of capabilities provided by a terminal hardware platform and comprise a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a memory, a hard disk, a decoder, a demultiplexer, a graphic engine, and the like; when a plurality of applications are simultaneously operated, dynamic priorities for the application processes are set up according to the types of the applications and a statistical regularity that users use the applications; when some kind of terminal resources is overloaded or is in a conflict because more applications are operated in a system, the terminal resources are optimally allocated and dispatched by combining an application process status control method and the priorities so as to preferably ensure the reliable operation of applications with high priorities. The terminal resource management system for the multi-application process embedded system and the method have the advantages that: the controllability and the safety for accessing shared terminal resources are improved; and the terminal resource management based on user experience is achieved, the reliable and efficient operation of applications which users pay more attention to can be preferably guaranteed so as to improve the user experience.

The present invention provides a system, method and medium for monitoring and managing the resource consumption and resource infrastructure of at least one building in real time. The present invention integrates field studies of at least one building's resource consumption and resource infrastructure with real time resource usage. The integrated information can be operated on by the analytical tools of the present invention to forecast future resource consumption and obtain resource market information. The integrated resource information can also be used to feed back into the building resource management system of at least one building to control the resource states of the at least one building. The present invention provides a graphical user interface for monitoring and managing the components of the resource consumption and resource infrastructure of at least one building. The system, method and medium of the present invention can communicate with a resource trading platform that facilitates the buying and selling of resources. The system, method and medium of the present invention can aggregate the resource consumption and resource infrastructure of multiple buildings which can then be managed through the graphical user interface of the present invention.

Systems and methods are provided for providing targeted marketing to goods and services provides and consumer resource management services to consumers. An example system and method for targeted marketing comprises collecting transaction data from point-of-sale (POS) terminals and using a consumer identifier in the transaction data to access stored information about the consumer. This information may be used to target offers and advertisement to the consumer. In an example system for consumer resource management, a consumer may configure a consumer account on the enterprise infrastructure via a web-site. The consumer may use the consumer account to purchase and configure gift cards that may be used for purchasing goods and services. A universal transaction identifier may be associated with the consumer account and used to purchase goods and services from more than one selected goods and services providers.

Methods and systems for managing network communications are described. An example resource management system includes a communications manager configured to access information regarding communication protocols used by corresponding broker systems and to provide message translations based on an origin and / or destination of the message to be transmitted. A message processor is coupled to the communications manager and is configured to serialize incoming and / or outgoing broker messages and to facilitate queuing of incoming and outgoing message traffic with broker systems. A communications configurer is configured to track one or more communication attributes of broker systems and changes thereto to ensure communications between the resource management systems are broker systems are conducted in accordance with the communication attributes of the broker systems. A communications rules provider is configured to determine which broker system is to be communicated with in order to fulfill a resource request.

A system and method that standardizes, automates, and facilitates the process of identifying, evaluating, selecting, and managing product and service resources for both individual and business resource users within specific industries. In one embodiment, this resource management system includes a web-based or other computer server with at least one database containing data related to product and service resources within a specific industry that can be searched and queried by the user, and at least one resource management system application that contains business rules and industry-specific or user-based criteria, qualitative and / or quantitative resource evaluation standards, and / or other guidelines or reference points, that, when applied to the product and service resource data, generates a resource-related selection, recommendation, rating, ranking, descriptive result, or other action or result that helps the user understand the resource options and the relative merits of the resource options for the user's particular needs, based in large part upon resource criteria chosen by the user, so that the user can make intelligent, informed, efficient, and timely decisions in sourcing, selecting, and managing these product and service resources. In this embodiment, the combination of unbiased industry-specific database information, unbiased industry-specific criteria and / or evaluation standards, and industry-specific search and querying capabilities, accessible on demand by the user, provides the user with a more accurate, precise, higher quality result that is reliable, immediately actionable, and can save the user time, money, and undesirable product or service performance results and / or customer service experiences. In another embodiment, this resource management system may further include software components that provide interactive communication and / or transactional capabilities for users and / or providers of the product and service resources, thus further facilitating the resource management process for both resource users and resource providers in a specific industry.

Systems, methods, and devices to provide simple adaptive automated resource management of a resource system (such as but not limited to electricity, natural gas, water, data, bandwidth allocation, access to information, etc.) on a local basis, based on automatically detecting, measuring and combining time-varying resource provider preferences, resource market conditions, resource supply source conditions, environmental conditions and resource system impact on the environment, together with resource user locations, user priorities and preferences, and information about other conditions that may be relevant to the operation of the resource management system in order to optimize performance of the resource system to better meet or approach defined goals, and to measure and display the results achieved by the resource management system compared against those goals.