Patent ID: 8055570

Claim:
A computer-readable medium having encoded thereon software for controlling depletion of a resource pool, the software including instructions for causing a data-processing system to: at a first time, determine a first remainder of a depletion interval; at least in part on the basis of the first remainder, determine a first depletion rate for urging the resource pool to reach a selected state at the end of the depletion interval; on the basis of the first depletion rate, partially deplete the resource pool; at a second time following the first time, determine a second remainder of the depletion interval; receive state information indicative of a difference between a state of the resource pool at the first time and a state of the resource pool at the second time; at least in part on the basis of the second remainder and the state information, determine a second depletion rate for urging the resource pool to reach a selected state at the end of the depletion interval; and on the basis of the second depletion rate, partially deplete the resource pool.