Open platform architecture for shared resource access management

A method for providing shared resource access management, comprising:

• receiving requests for access to resources from applications in user space, wherein the requests are received at a redirection module in kernel space;
• routing signals representative of the received requests from the redirection module to a management suite in the user space, wherein the management suite includes at least one resource management module and device drivers corresponding to the resources;
• generating queries on availability of the requested resources, and transferring the generated queries from the generating resource management module to device drivers of the requested resources;
• receiving resource status information from the device drivers, wherein the resource status information is received at the generating resource management module;
• generating schedules for granting access to the requested resources, wherein the schedules are generated by the generating resource management module in response to the resource status information;
• and
• controlling access to the resources in accordance with the generated schedules, wherein the resource management module issues responses to the requesting applications and the device drivers of the requested resources.