Patent ID: 9164793
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of requesting a lock on a resource in a manner which permits the lock to be prioritized by a user when requesting the lock, the computer-implemented method being performed by one or more processors executing computer executable instructions for the computer-implemented method, and the computer-implemented method comprising: presenting at a transaction computing environment a request for a lock, the requested lock being based on one of at least first and second options which define priority for a requested lock on a resource provided in the transaction computing environment, the first option being a high priority kill lock request, and the second option being a low priority non-blocking lock request; if the lock request is specified as a low priority non-blocking lock request, if the lock request is specified as a high priority kill lock request either initially or a as a result of renewing the low priority non-blocking lock request as a high priority kill lock request,