System resource allocation in respect of display interfaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10678568-B2
Application number	US-201715801655-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2017
Priority date	Nov 2, 2017
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

A resource allocation system is provided that includes a memory configured to store at least one executable, user-given instruction and a data processor unit operatively coupled to the memory and configured to effectuate running of a given application by executing a corresponding user-given instruction stored in the memory. The system further includes a display interface operatively coupled to the data processor unit and configured to accommodate a given virtual desktop comprising a given application running according to a user-given instruction processed by the data processor unit. The system further includes a policy configurator operatively coupled to the data processor unit and configured to generate a given user-defined policy regarding at least a designated display interface such that a predefined share of a given system resource is allocated to the designated display interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a memory configured to store at least one executable, user-given instruction;
a data processor unit operatively coupled to the memory and configured to run an application by executing a corresponding user-given instruction stored in the memory;
a plurality of display interfaces operatively coupled to the data processor unit and each of the display interfaces are configured to accommodate a plurality of virtual desktops comprising a given application running according to a user-given instruction processed by the data processor unit; and
a policy configurator operatively coupled to the data processor unit and configured to generate a given user-defined policy including
a first policy allocating predefined shares of a given system resource for each of the display interfaces,
a second policy allocating predefined shares of a given system resource for each of the applications running in the virtual desktops, and
a third policy specifying at least one operating condition that when changed causes one of the first and second policies to be applied with preference over the other.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a policy scheduler operatively coupled to the policy configurator and the data processing unit, the policy scheduler configured to generate a given policy-driven instruction, according to the given user-defined policy generated by the policy configurator, to facilitate application of the given user-defined policy with respect to a given designated display interface.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operating condition is the number of display interfaces in the system.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the given system resource is selected from the group consisting of a central processing unit, memory and power.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data processor unit is configured to move a given virtual desktop pertaining to at least one of respective given display interfaces to another of the respective given display interfaces, in response to an assessment being performed of system resource usage by the respective given display interfaces.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the policy configurator is configured to, in response to a determination that one of the display interfaces is not fully utilizing its allocated share of the given system resource, temporarily reallocate the unutilized portion of said allocated share to another one of the display devices.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein a user-defined policy is configured to allocate a specific share of a given system resource in respect of at least a designated display interface substantially according to a user-set, priority scaling.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the policy configurator is configured to generate a given user-defined policy to allocate at least a predefined share of a given system resource to at least a given virtual desktop that is not assigned to any given display interface.

9. A computer-implemented method for system resource allocation in a system comprising at least a memory configured to store at least an executable, user-given instruction, at least a data processor unit operatively coupled to the memory and configured to run an application by executing a corresponding user-given instruction stored in the memory, and a plurality of display interfaces that are operatively coupled to at least the data processor unit and each of the display interfaces are configurable to accommodate a plurality of virtual desktops comprising a given application running according to a user-given instruction processed by the data processor unit, the computer-implemented method comprising:
in response to a user-given instruction, generating, by a policy configurator, a given user-defined policy including
a first policy allocating predefined shares of a given system resource for each of the display interfaces,
a second policy allocating predefined shares of a given system resource for each of the applications running in the virtual desktops, and
a third policy specifying at least one operating condition that when changed causes one of the first and second policies to be applied with preference over the other.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
configuring a policy scheduler that is operatively coupled to at least the policy configurator and the data processing unit, generating, by a policy scheduler that is operatively coupled to at least the policy configurator and the data processing unit, a given policy-driven instruction according to the given user-defined policy generated by the policy configurator, to facilitate application of the given user-defined policy in respect of a given designated display interface.

11. The method of claim 9 ,
wherein the operating condition is the number of display interfaces in the system.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
allocating, by the data processor unit, the given system resource to the given designated display interface, the given system resource selected from the group consisting of a central processing unit, memory, and power.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein, in response to an assessment being performed of system resource usage by respective given display interfaces, moving a given virtual desktop pertaining to at least one of respective given display interfaces to another of the respective given display interfaces.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
in response to a determination that one of the display interfaces is not fully utilizing its allocated share of the given system resource, temporarily reallocating the unutilized portion of said allocated share to another one of the display devices.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the policy configurator generates a user-defined policy according to a user-set, priority scaling.

16. A computer program product for system resource allocation in a system comprising at least a memory configurable to store at least an executable, user-given instruction; at least a data processor unit that is operatively coupled to the memory and that is configurable to run an application by executing a corresponding user-given instruction stored in the memory, and a plurality of display interfaces that are operatively coupled to at least the data processor unit and that are each configurable to accommodate a plurality of virtual desktops comprising a given application running according to a user-given instruction processed by the data processor unit, the computer-program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith that are executable to cause: in response to a user-given instruction, configuring of a policy configurator to generate a given user-defined policy
including
a first policy allocating predefined shares of a given system resource for each of the display interfaces,
a second policy allocating predefined shares of a given system resource for each of the applications running in the virtual desktops, and
a third policy specifying at least one operating condition that when changed causes one of the first and second policies to be applied with preference over the other.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Ross Martin A
• Thomas Caroline J
• Hewitt James
• Lawrence Mark J

Classifications

• G09G5/006

  Details of the interface to the display terminal (specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04) · CPC title

• G09G5/14 Primary

  Display of multiple viewports · CPC title

• G06F3/1423

  controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display · CPC title

• G09G2350/00

  Solving problems of bandwidth in display systems · CPC title

• G06F9/5016

  the resource being the memory · CPC title