Patent Document ID: 7765301
Application ID: 11352328
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method of resource allocation to yield benefit comprising the steps of: generating an input matrix of customer demands for resources indexed by customers and time period where a benefit function is known in advance; and producing from the input matrix an output matrix of allocations of resources to customers to realize a benefit, wherein said output matrix is indexed by customers and time periods; during a time interval, reallocating a resource from a first customer to a second customer and making the resource unavailable to any customer during the time interval that the resource is being allocated to the second customer, wherein the step of making the resource unavailable comprises including a step of making the resource which is a server unavailable to any customer during the time interval that the resource is being allocated to the second customer, wherein the time interval is set to equal a non-negligible amount of time required for the server to prepare to serve a new customer.