Operating a sleep management service

US8966063B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8966063-B2
Application numberUS-201213366387-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 6, 2012
Priority dateFeb 6, 2012
Publication dateFeb 24, 2015
Grant dateFeb 24, 2015

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The claimed subject matter provides a method for operating a sleep management service. The method include identifying a set of guardians based on a local state for each of a plurality of compute nodes. The method also includes sending a wake request to all sleeping compute nodes in the identified set. The method further includes sending a request to become a guardian to all compute nodes in the identified set. Additionally, the method includes stopping a current guardian from being a guardian if the current guardian is less suitable than a threshold number of current guardians.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for operating a sleep management service, comprising: identifying a set of guardians based on a local state for each of a plurality of compute nodes in a subnet; sending a wake request to all sleeping compute nodes in the identified set; sending a request to become a guardian to all compute nodes in the identified set; and stopping a current guardian from being a guardian if the current guardian is less suitable regarding capability than a thr…

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What does patent US8966063B2 cover?
The claimed subject matter provides a method for operating a sleep management service. The method include identifying a set of guardians based on a local state for each of a plurality of compute nodes. The method also includes sending a wake request to all sleeping compute nodes in the identified set. The method further includes sending a request to become a guardian to all compute nodes in the…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Lorch Jacob R, Padhye Jitendra, Zill Brian, and 4 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F1/3209. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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