Patent Document ID: 20110302301
Application ID: 13126627
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method for controlling a resource implemented by a computer system, the method comprising: collecting operation data from each of a plurality of network resources, wherein different ones of the network resources are operable under different management systems, and wherein the operation data is independent of the management system of the network resource to which the operation data relates; predicting, using the operation data, by the computer system a future loading on at least one of the network resources, wherein the predicting includes using operation data collected over time to provide an operation data history; determining by the computer system, using the predicted future loading, whether a corrective action is required; determining by the computer system, when the corrective action is required, a predetermined corrective action for at least one of the plurality of network resources; and applying the predetermined corrective action by the computer system to the network resource and controlling the network resource responsive thereto.