Patent ID: 8271988

Claim:
A method for computer control of collaborating devices in a networked environment to enable an operator to access a resource management graphical user interface to instruct at least one collaborating device to automatically generate resource management profiles to coordinate resource allocation within the collaborating device, the method comprising: navigating to the resource management graphical user interface; selecting at least one resource management profile, wherein the resource management profile includes information related to a type and an amount of resources of the at least one collaborating device to be used for execution of a particular job and wherein said resource management profile comprises at least one member selected from the group comprising at least one default resource management profile delivered with the collaborating device, at least one existing resource management profile, and at least one new resource management profile, wherein said resource management profile includes collaborating device resource allocation settings associated with the particular job; instructing the collaborating device to automatically generate at least one resource management profile through activation of a feature on said graphical user interface; specifying timing for the collaborating device to provide said automatically generated resource management profile; determining whether to invoke the most recent generated resource management profile after a specified period of collaborating device idleness; maintaining statistics about a demand for resources within each component of the collaborating device; collecting and interpreting said statistics, wherein said statistics are used to create an optimized resource management profile; instructing the collaborating device to apply said optimized resource management profile to the particular job, wherein said instruction causes said collaborating device to perform said particular job using said optimized resource management profile; and determining whether to save or discard said optimized resource management profile.