Patent ID: 6850336
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to find an itinerary to process a job in a machine comprising: a selector (i) to select at least one traverser and (ii) to select applicable policies from a library based on a model of the machine, wherein the applicable policies include at least one of configuration policies and selection policies, and wherein the at least one traverser includes at least one of (i) a model traverser and (ii) a store traverser, wherein the selector includes logic to select the configuration policies as the applicable policies and the model traverser as the at least one traverser, the model traverser being capable of traversing the model of the machine based on the configuration policies and of storing a list of valid itineraries, and the selector also includes logic to select the selection policies as some of the applicable policies and the store traverser as one of the at least one traverser, the store traverser being capable of traversing a list of valid itineraries based on the selection policies and a job description and of looking for the itinerary to process the job.