WO1998042101B1 - Control of data transfer and distributed data processing - Google Patents

Control of data transfer and distributed data processing

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WO1998042101B1
WO1998042101B1 PCT/GB1998/000761 GB9800761W WO9842101B1 WO 1998042101 B1 WO1998042101 B1 WO 1998042101B1 GB 9800761 W GB9800761 W GB 9800761W WO 9842101 B1 WO9842101 B1 WO 9842101B1
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Priority to DE69816599T priority patent/DE69816599T2/en
Priority to US09/077,521 priority patent/US6088732A/en
Priority to EP98909627A priority patent/EP0966814B1/en
Priority to AU64111/98A priority patent/AU732658B2/en
Publication of WO1998042101A2 publication Critical patent/WO1998042101A2/en
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Abstract

A method of providing a service over a plurality of terminals connected over a network comprises determining resources required for a service to be provided, determining resources currently available at each terminal, comparing the required resources with the available resources, and controlling the service provided at each terminal as a result of the comparison.

Claims

58AMENDED CLAIMS[received by the International Bureau on 8 December 1998 (08.12.98); original claims 1-48 replaced by new claims 1-68 (20 pages)]
1. Control apparatus for controlling the transfer of information to an information processing apparatus, the control apparatus comprising: first determining means for determining resources required at the information processing apparatus to process the information; monitoring means for monitoring the resources currently available at the information processing apparatus ; second determining means for determining the maximum resources of the information processing apparatus which can be made available for the processing of the information if the processing of the information is given resources allocated to other processing operations by said information processing apparatus; comparing means for comparing the resources required with the resources currently available at the information processing apparatus and the maximum resources of the information processing apparatus; and control means for controlling the transfer of information to the information processing apparatus in accordance with the result of the comparison.
2. Control apparatus according to claim 1, including indicator means for indicating to a user whether the 59
resources required exceed the maximum resources of the information processing apparatus.
3. Control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said indicator means is operative to indicate whether the resources required exceed the resources currently available at the information processing apparatus.
4. Control apparatus according to claim 2 or claim 3, wherein said information to be transferred comprises a plurality of types and/or formats of information, said indicator means being operative to indicate to a user the type or types and/or format or formats of information which can be processed by said information processing apparatus.
5. Control apparatus according to any preceding claim including means for increasing the resources currently available at said information processing apparatus.
6. Control apparatus according to any preceding claim, wherein said control means is adapted to prevent the transference of information to the information processing apparatus if it has insufficient resources currently available to process the information. 60
7. Control apparatus according to any preceding claim, wherein said control means is adapted to control the format of the information to be transferred to the information processing apparatus .
8. Control apparatus according to any preceding claim including user operable control means for setting preferred requirements for the information processing apparatus; said comparing means being operable to compare the resources required with both the resources currently available at the information processing apparatus and the preferred requirements for the information processing apparatus .
9. Control apparatus according to any preceding claim including third determining means for determining resources available for communication links to said information processing apparatus, wherein the first determining means is adapted to also determine the resources required for transmission of the information over the communication links, and said comparing means is adapted to also compare the resources required for transmission with the resources available for the communication links .
10. Control apparatus according to any preceding claim wherein said control means is adapted to allow the transfer of information to the information processing apparatus if the resources are capable of allowing the processing of the information.
11. Control apparatus according to any preceding claim wherein said resources required define requirements for the information to be processed in a plurality of formats by the information processing apparatus, and said control means is adapted to allow the transfer of information in a format compatible with the resources of the information processing apparatus.
12. Control apparatus according to any preceding claim wherein said information to be transferred comprises a plurality of types of information, and said control means is adapted to separately control the transfer of each type of information.
13. Control apparatus according to claim 12, including configuration means for configuring said information processing apparatus to both transmit and receive at least one type of said information in dependence upon the result of the comparison.
14. Control apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said control means is adapted to adaptively control the 62
format of the information transferred in dependence upon the result of the comparison.
15. Control apparatus according to claim 14, including means for detecting errors during the transference and/or processing of the information, wherein if a format of the information is available which requires less resources, said control means is adapted to change the format of the information transferred to the format requiring less resources in response to the means for detecting errors.
16. Control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, 12 or 13, wherein said control means is adapted to adaptively control the format of the information transferred in dependence upon the result of the comparison.
17. Control apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said control means is adapted to change the format of the information transferred to a format which requires more resources which can be met by the resources detected as being currently available.
18. Control apparatus according to claim 12 or claim 13, wherein said information types have priorities associated therewith, and said control means is adapted to control 63
the transfer of each type of information taking the priorities into account.
19. A method of controlling the transfer of information to an information processing apparatus, the method comprising: a first determining step of determining resources required at the information processing apparatus to process the information; a second determining step of determining the maximum resources of the information processing apparatus which can be made available for the processing of the information if the processing of the information is given resources allocated to other processing operations by said information processing apparatus; a monitoring step of monitoring the resources currently available at the information processing apparatus ; a comparing step of comparing the resources required with the resources currently available at the information processing apparatus and the maximum resources of the information processing apparatus; and a control step of controlling the transfer of information to the information processing apparatus in accordance with the result of the comparison step. 64
20. A method according to claim 19, including the step of indicating to a user whether the resources required exceed the maximum resources of said information processing apparatus.
21. A method according to claim 20, including the step of indicating to a user whether the resources required exceed the resources currently available at said information processing apparatus .
22. A method according to claim 20 or claim 21, wherein said information to be transferred comprises a plurality of types and/or formats of information, and the type or types and/or format or formats of information which can be processed by said information processing apparatus is indicated to a user.
23. A method according to any one of claims 19 to 22, including the step of increasing the resources currently available at said information processing apparatus.
24. A method according to any one of claims 19 to 23, wherein said control step comprises preventing the transference of information to the information processing apparatus if it has insufficient resources currently available to process the information. 65
25. A method according to any one of claims 19 to 24, wherein said control step comprises controlling the format of the information to be transferred to the information processing apparatus.
26. A method according to any one of claims 19 to 25, including the step of setting user preferred requirements for the information processing apparatus; wherein said comparing step includes the step of also comparing the resources required with the user preferred requirements for the information processing apparatus.
27. A method according to any one of claims 19 to 26, including a third determining step of determining resources available for communication links to said information processing apparatus, wherein said first determining step includes determining the resources required for transmission of the information over the communication links and said comparing step includes the step of also comparing the resources required for transmission with the resources available for the communication links.
28. A method according to any one of claims 19 to 27, wherein said control step allows the transfer of information to the information processing apparatus if 66
the resources are capable of allowing the processing of the information.
29. A method according to any one of claims 19 to 27, wherein said resources required define requirements for the information to be processed in a plurality of formats by the information processing apparatus, and said control step allows the transfer of information in a format compatible with the resources of the information processing apparatus.
30. A method according to any one of claims 19 to 29, wherein said information to be transferred comprises a plurality of types of information, and said control step comprises separately controlling the transfer of each type of information.
31. A method according to claim 30, including a configuration step of configuring said information processing apparatus to both transmit and receive at least one type of information in dependence upon the result of the comparison step.
32. A method according to claim 29, wherein the format of the information transferred is controlled in dependence upon the result of the comparison step. 67
33. A method according to claim 32, including the steps of detecting errors during the transference and/or processing of the information, and, if a format of the information is available which requires less resources, changing the format of the information transferred to the format requiring less resources in response to the detected errors .
34. A method according to any one of claims 19 to 28, 24 or 25, wherein the format of the information transferred is adaptively controlled in dependence upon the result of the comparison.
35. A method according to claim 34, wherein the format of the information transferred is changed to a format which requires more resources which can be met by the resources detected as being currently available.
36. A method according to claim 30 or claim 31, wherein said information types have priorities associated therewith, and the transfer of each type of information is controlled taking the priorities into account.
37. Control apparatus for controlling the distributed processing of data by a plurality of processing apparatuses, the control apparatus comprising: 68
first determining means for determining resources required at at least one processing apparatus to process the data in a distributed manner; second determining means for determining the maximum resources of said at least one processing apparatus which can be made available for the processing of the data if the processing of the data is given resources allocated to other processing operations by said at least one processing apparatus; monitoring means for monitoring resources currently available at said at least one processing apparatus; comparing means for comparing the resources required and the resources currently available at said at least one processing apparatus; and control means for controlling the processing of data by said at least one processing apparatus in accordance with the result of the comparison.
38. Control apparatus according to claim 37, including indicator means for indicating to a user whether the resources required exceed the maximum resources of said at least one processing apparatus .
39. Control apparatus according to claim 38, wherein said indicator means is operative to indicate whether the resources required exceed the resources currently available at said at least one processing apparatus. 69
40. Control apparatus according to claim 38 or claim 39, wherein said data to be processed comprises a plurality of types and/or formats of data, said indicator means being operative to indicate to a user the type or types and/or format or formats of data which can be processed by said at least one processing apparatus.
41. Control apparatus according to any one of claims 37 to 40, including means for increasing the resources currently available at said at least one processing apparatus .
42. Control apparatus according to any one of claims 37 to 41, wherein said data comprises a plurality of data types, and said control means is adapted to control the processing of the data types such that said at least one processing apparatus only receives and processes data of the type which it is capable of processing as indicated by the respective resources of the respective processing apparatus.
43. A method of controlling the distributed processing of data by a plurality of processing apparatuses, the method comprising: a first determining step of determining resources required at at least one processing apparatus to process the data in a distributed manner; 70
a second determining step of determining the maximum resources of said at least one processing apparatus which can be made available for the processing of the data if the processing of the data is given resources allocated to other processing operations by said at least one processing apparatus; a monitoring step of monitoring resources currently available at said at least one processing apparatus; a comparing step of comparing the resources required with the resources currently available at said at least one processing apparatus and the maximum resources of said at least one processing apparatus; and a control step of controlling the processing of data by said at least one processing apparatus in accordance with the result of the comparison step.
44. A method according to claim 43, including the step of indicating to a user whether the resources required exceed the maximum resources of said at least one processing apparatus.
45. A method according to claim 44, including the step of indicating to a user whether the resources required exceed the resources currently available at said at least one processing apparatus. 71
46. A method according to claim 44 or claim 45, wherein said data to be processed comprises a plurality of types and/or formats of data, and the type or types and/or format or formats of data which can be processed by said at least one processing apparatus is indicated to a user.
47. A method according to any one of claims 43 to 46, including the step of increasing the resources currently available at said at least one processing apparatus.
48. A method according to any one of claims 43 to 47, wherein said data comprises a plurality of data types, and said control step comprises controlling the processing of data such that said at least one processing apparatus only receives and processes data of the type which it is capable of processing as indicated by the respective resources of the respective processing apparatus .
49. A method of providing a service over a plurality of terminals connected over a network, the method comprising: a first determining step of determining resources required at at least one of said terminals to provide the service; a second determining step of determining the maximum resources of at least one said terminal which can be made 72
available for the service if the service is given resources allocated to other processing operations carried out on said at least one terminal; a monitoring step of monitoring resources currently available at at least one of said terminals; a comparison step of comparing the resources required with the resources currently available at said at least one terminal and the maximum resources of said at least one terminal; and a control step of controlling the service provided at said at least one terminal in response to the result of the comparison step.
50. A method according to claim 49, including the step of indicating to a user whether the resources required exceeds the maximum resources of said at least one terminal .
51. A method according to claim 50, including the step of indicating to a user whether the resources required exceed the resources currently available at said at least one terminal .
52. A method according to claim 50 or claim 51, wherein said service requires the use of a plurality of data types and/or formats, and the type or types and/or format or formats of data which can be processed by said at 73
least one terminal to provide the service is indicated to a user.
53. A method according to any one of claims 41 to 52, including the step of increasing the resources currently available at said at least one terminal .
54. A method according to any one of claims 49 to 53, wherein said service requires the use of a plurality of data types by said terminals, said resources required by said service comprise a set of requirements for each data type, said comparison step comprises comparing each set of requirements and the resources of said at least one terminal, and said control step comprises setting the type of service provided at said at least one terminal in dependence upon the results of the comparisons .
55. A method according to claim 54, wherein each data type may have more than one data format, each set of requirements includes requirements of the or each data format, and said control step includes the step of setting the format of the service provided at said at least one terminal in dependence upon the results of the comparisons .
56. A method according to any one of claims 49 to 55, including the step of setting user preferred requirements 74
for at least one terminal, wherein said comparing step also includes the step of comparing the requirements of the service with the user preferred requirements , and the service provided at each respective terminal is controlled in response to the result of the comparison step.
57. A method according to any one of claims 49 to 58, including a second determining step of determining resources of the network, wherein said comparing step includes the step of also comparing the requirements of the service with the resources of the network, and the service provided at said at least one terminal is controlled in response to the result of the comparison step.
58. A method according to any one of claims 49 to 57, wherein said control step includes the step of configuring said at least one terminal in response to said comparison step.
59. Apparatus for providing a service over a plurality of terminals connected over a network, said apparatus comprising first determining means for determining resources required at at least one terminal to provide the service; 75
second determining means for determining the maximum resources of at least one terminal which can be made available for the service if the service is given resources allocated to other processing operations by said at least one terminal; monitoring means for monitoring resources currently available at at least one terminal; comparison means for comparing the resources required and the resources currently available at said at least one terminal; and control means for controlling the service provided at said at least one terminal in response to the result of the comparison.
60. Apparatus according to claim 59, including indicator means for indicating to a user whether the resources required exceed the maximum resources of said at least one terminal .
61. Apparatus according to claim 60, wherein said indicator means is operative to indicate whether the resources required exceed the resources currently available at said at least one terminal.
62. Apparatus according to claim 60 or claim 61, wherein said service requires the use of a plurality of data types and/or formats, and said indicator means is 76
operative to indicate to a user the type or types and/or format or formats of data which can be process by said at least one terminal to provide the service.
63. Apparatus according to any one of claims 59 to 62, including means for increasing the resources currently available at said at least one terminal.
64. Apparatus according to any one of claims 60 to 63, wherein said service requires the use of a plurality of data types by said terminals, said requirements of said service comprise a set of requirements for each data type, said comparison means is adapted to compare each set of requirements with the resources of said at least one terminal, and said control means is adapted to set the type of service provided at said at least one terminal in dependence upon the results of the comparisons .
65. Apparatus according to claim 64, wherein each data type may have more than one data format, each set of requirements includes requirements of the or each data format, and said control means is adapted to set the format of the service provided at said at least one terminal in dependence upon the results of the comparison. 77
66. Apparatus according to any one of claims 60 to 65, including user operable means for setting preferred requirements for said at least one terminal, wherein said comparing means is adapted to also compare the requirements of the service with the preferred requirements, and said control means is adapted to control the provision of the service at the or each respective terminal in response to the result of the comparison .
67. Apparatus according to any one of claims 60 to 66, including third determining means for determining resources available in the network wherein said comparing means is adapted to also compare the requirements of the service with the resources of the network, and said control means is adapted to control the provision of the service at said at least one terminal in dependence upon the result of the comparison.
68. Apparatus according to any one of claims 50 to 67, wherein said control means includes configuration means for configuring said at least one terminal in response to the comparison.
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