US 10,120,721 B2 · Pluggable engine for application specific schedule control

Abstract

A method of scheduling tasks for a group of applications. Each application is associated with a separate task queue for identifying application tasks that are ready for execution. The method receives a request to place a task in an application task queue. The method places the task in the application task queue based on a set of intra application scheduling policies defined for the application. The method receives a request to identify the next task to execute. The method identifies an application queue from which from which the next task is to be executed. The application queue is identified based on a set of inter application scheduling policies defined for the plurality of applications. The method schedules a task from the identified application queue for execution based on the intra application scheduling policies.

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Dependent claims

A method of scheduling tasks for a plurality of applications, each application associated with a separate application task queue for identifying application tasks that are ready for execution, the method comprising:

receiving a request from an application to place a task of the application in an application task queue;
placing the task in the application task queue based on a set of intra application scheduling policies defined for the application;
receiving a request to identify a next task to execute;
identifying an application task queue from which the next task is to be executed, the application task queue identified based on a set of inter application scheduling policies defined across the plurality of applications;
and
scheduling a task from the identified application task queue for execution based on said intra application scheduling policies.

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A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program for scheduling tasks for a plurality of applications, each application associated with a separate application task queue for identifying application tasks that are ready for execution, the program executable by a processing unit, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

receiving a request from an application to place a task of the application in an application task queue;
placing the task in the application task queue based on a set of intra application scheduling policies defined for the application;
receiving a request to identify a next task to execute;
identifying an application task queue from which the next task is to be executed, the application task queue identified based on a set of inter application scheduling policies defined for the plurality of applications;
and
scheduling a task from the identified application task queue for execution based on said intra application scheduling policies.

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A system comprising:

a set of processing units;
and
a non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program for scheduling tasks for a plurality of applications, each application associated with a separate application task queue for identifying application tasks that are ready for execution, the program executable by a processing unit in the set of processing units, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
receiving a request from an application to place a task of the application in an application task queue;
placing the task in the application task queue based on a set of intra application scheduling policies defined for the application;
receiving a request to identify a next task to execute;
identifying an application task queue from which the next task is to be executed, the application task queue identified based on a set of inter application scheduling policies defined for the plurality of applications;
and
scheduling a task from the identified application task queue for execution based on said intra application scheduling policies.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Pluggable engine for application specific schedule control

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