Patent ID: 8176177
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of reducing burst usage in a networked computer system, the method comprising: transmitting over a network to a plurality of computers information regarding a future first time period when resource requests for a first set of resources will be accepted, wherein resources in the first set of resources are not allocated during the first time period; receiving a plurality of resource requests from a plurality of requesters for at least a portion of the resources in the first set of resources, wherein the resources in the first set of resources have respective fixed prices, during the first period of time, wherein the plurality of resource requests are received over the network, wherein the plurality of resource requests include a request from a first of the resource requesters for a preferred resource and during a second time period beginning after the first time period ends, processing the plurality of resource requests in batch mode using a processing system, the processing further comprising: