| US 7,353,285 B2 | ||
| Apparatus, system, and method for maintaining task prioritization and load balancing | ||
| Angqin Bai, Tucson, Ariz. (US); Alex Q. Chen, Tucson, Ariz. (US); James Chien-Chiung Chen, Tucson, Ariz. (US); and Theodore Timothy Harris, Jr., Tucson, Ariz. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 20, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/717,942. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0114286 A1, May 26, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—235 [718/102; 370/237] | 23 Claims |
| 1. A prioritization apparatus for data in a communication channel, comprising:
a prioritization module comprising executable code stored on a storage device, executed by a processor, and configured to
define a plurality of prioritization levels;
a communication module comprising executable code stored on the storage device, executed by the processor, and configured
to process tasks over a plurality of communication channels and indicate that tasks are processed on selected communication
channels;
an upgrade module comprising executable code stored on the storage device, executed by the processor, and configured to upgrade
the prioritization level of unsuccessful tasks; and
a task controller comprising executable code stored on the storage device, executed by the processor, and configured to increment
a counter for a selected communication channel, decrement the counter of the selected communication channel if the task is
processed, and if the task is unsuccessful, maintain system resources on the failed selected target channel by maintaining
a count of the counter of the failed selected communication channel while resubmitting the unsuccessful task to a different
channel and decrementing the counter of the failed selected communication channel when the task is successfully processed
on the different channel.
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