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US 10,121,111 B2Granted
Coordinating contending resources
AssigneeEnt. Services Development Corporation LP
InventorsPhilip Chilton Jackson, Jr., Frank McPherson, Katherine Tetreault
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Abstract
Systems and methods of coordinating contending resources are disclosed. An example of a method includes analyzing information for activities, resources, and usage of the resources for the activities. The method also includes outputting a description of resource utilization by the activities in a time window, the description of resource utilization coordinating contending resources.
Claims19
A method of coordinating contending resources, the method carried out by program code stored on non-transient computer-readable medium and executed by a processor, the method comprising:
- analyzing by the executing program code, one or more input data files comprising information pertaining to activities, resources, and usage of the resources for the activities;
- analyzing, by the executing program code, user-described parameters, including a start date of a time window for the activities and a resource usage threshold;
- storing the user-described parameters in an analysis object, wherein the analysis object provides a starting location for a data structure;
- storing, by the executing program code, a plurality of resource objects into a first hash table in the analysis object, each resource object being associated with a particular resource described in the one or more input data files;
- storing, by the executing program code, a plurality of activity objects into a second hash table in the analysis object, each activity object being associated with a particular activity described in the one or more input data files;
- storing, by the executing program code, a plurality of workname objects into a third hash table in the analysis object, each workname object being associated with a particular workname described in the one or more input data files;
- outputting, by the executing program code, the data structure;
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- displaying, on a user interface of a user device, the data structure including allocation of the resources to the activities over a timespan of the time window, dates when contention of the resources occurs, and projects that are conflicted by the resource contention.
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A system for coordinating contending resources, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage to store information for activities, resources, and usage of the resources for the activities;
- a processor to execute instructions stored in the non-transitory computer readable storage to:
- analyze the information for activities, resources, and usage of the resources for the activities;
- analyze user-described parameters, including a start date of a time window for the activities and a resource usage threshold;
- store the user-described parameters in an analysis object, wherein the analysis object provides a starting location for a data structure;
- store, by the executing program code, a plurality of resource objects into a first hash table in the analysis object, each resource object being associated with a particular resource described in the one or more input data files;
- store, by the executing program code, a plurality of activity objects into a second hash table in the analysis object, each activity being associated with a particular activity described in the one or more input data file;
- store, by the executing program code, a plurality of workname objects into a third hash table in the analysis object, each workname object being associated with a particular workname described in the one or more input data file;
- and
- output the data structure;
- and
- a user interface to display the data structure including allocation of the resources to the activities over a timespan of the time window, dates when contention of the resources occurs, and projects that are conflicted by the resource contention.
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A system to coordinate contending resources, the system include a non-transient computer readable storage medium to store program code, and a processor for executing the program code to:
- analyze input information for activities, resources, and usage of the resources for the activities;
- analyze user-described parameters, including a start date of a time window for the activities and a resource usage threshold;
- store the user-described parameters in an analysis object, wherein the analysis object provides a starting location for a data structure;
- store, by the executing program code, a plurality of resource objects into a first hash table in the analysis object, each resource object being associated with a particular resource described in the one or more input data files;
- store, by the executing program code, a plurality of activity objects into a second hash table in the analysis object, each activity being associated with a particular activity described in the one or more input data file;
- store, by the executing program code, a plurality of workname objects into a third hash table in the analysis object, each workname object being associated with a particular workname described in the one or more input data file;
- generate the data structure;
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- display the data structure including allocation of the resources to the activities over a timespan of the time window, dates when contention of the resources occurs, and projects that are conflicted by the resource contention.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.