Patent ID: 9449170
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving within a user interface of a process server on a first computer system first user input for a first signal, the first signal comprising a request to create an isolated execution environment within a host environment on a second computer system and controlled by an operating system executing on the second computer system; receiving within the user interface of the process server second user input for a second signal, the second signal specifying a control group for the isolated execution environment, the control group specifying an amount of each hardware resource of a set of hardware resources on the second computer system that are accessible to the isolated execution environment; generating a third signal from the process server to the second computer system, the third signal requesting creation, by a processor of the second computer system, of the isolated execution environment and application of the control group to the isolated execution environment; and wherein a processor of the process server on the first computer system then repeatedly executes the following comprising: monitoring for a plurality of signals from the second computer system, the plurality of signals reporting on one of an activity and a status of the isolated execution environment; displaying information reflective of such signals in the user interface; determining from the plurality of signals whether a process on the second computer system attempts to utilize a hardware resource outside the control group; and modifying access of the process if the process attempts to utilize the hardware resource outside the control group.