Patent ID: 7499970
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for supervisor partitioning of client resources in a subnet communications environment, the method comprising: receiving, at a client node, an allocated set of resources over a communications network, wherein said allocated set of resources are allocated by a central authority that comprises one of a device manager and a network administrator; and partitioning, using a local authority associated with each said client node, said allocated set of resources among one or more applications associated with said client node, said local authority comprising one of a supervisor or a hypervisor capable of allocating subsets of the resources allocated to the client node among each of its client applications, wherein said central authority assigns resources to a supervisor key associated with said local authority, wherein said partitioning further comprises said local authority associating one or more resource keys with one or more of said allocated resources, and assigning said one or more resource keys to said one or more applications; wherein, following said partitioning, communication requests are issued from said one or more applications to a shared provider node without inspection by said local authority; and wherein said supervisor key is configured so as to prevent said local authority from partitioning resources not allocated to the client node associated therewith.