Patent ID: 7209927
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A resource management method, in a data processing structure with a distributed architecture including a plurality of subject entities, at least one helper entity and at least one authority entity, for facilitating configuration of the subject entities, each subject entity belonging to at least one of a plurality of categories and controlling an instance of at least one resource, the at least one authority entity defining a target state of the at least one resource, wherein the method includes the steps of: publishing a plurality of rules by the at least one authority entity, each rule including an indication of the target state of a resource for a category of the subject entities; providing an indication of the at least one category of a subject entity to an associated helper entity; retrieving the rules corresponding to the at least one category of the subject entity by the helper entity; and applying each retrieved rule on the subject entity under the control of the helper entity to configure the subject entity according to the target state indicated in the rule, wherein the plurality of subject entities, at least one helper entity, and at least one authority entity are data processing devices, and wherein the at least one resource is a data processing device resource of at least one subject entity of the plurality of subject entities.