Patent ID: 8117310
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling allocations of resources to processes in expandable medical platforms with a central instance and a meta interface for resources, the method comprising: receiving an order for a process by a central instance within a medical platform, the order including an order type, wherein at least one order type is a medical emergency process; assigning the order to a queue allocator on the basis of the order type, wherein each order type is assigned an individual queue within a plurality of queues; ascertaining a multiplicity of process resources, required for performing the order, from resources available within the platform, and ascertaining a queue name by the queue allocator; requesting the process resources, by the central instance, from the meta interface; allocating the process resources to the order, so that the process resources are available for performing the process; and dead-lock freely performing the order for the process, by at least one process handler, provided that all of the process resources are available, the process resources being released following conclusion of the process and the meta interface being informed, wherein each of the at least one process handler is configured to be stopped and enabled again for further handling based on a notification from the central instance.