Method and apparatus for sharing resources among multiple processing systems
This patent describes a data communication network comprising: local area network, with each local area network (LAN) having a plurality of intelligent resources coupled thereto; administrator processors, with each administrator processor having a primary connection node and a secondary connection node; a first of the LANs with its associated plurality of intelligent resources thereon being coupled to the primary connection node of a first of the administrator processors and also being coupled to the secondary connection node of an adjacent administrator processor, with the remaining LANs and administrator processors being similarly coupled to form a closed ring network, and with the intelligent resources on a particular LAN being assigned for normal use to that particular administrator processor whose primary connection node is coupled to that particular LAN; and allocating means for allocating the intelligent resource, when available, among the administrator processors to enable at least a first intelligent resource of a the intelligent resources which is normally assigned to one administrator processor to be temporarily assigned to that administrator processor which needs the first intelligent resource and whose secondary connection node is coupled to that particular LAN to which the first intelligent resource is coupled.
- Assignee:
- NCR Corp., Dayton, OH
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4835673
- OSTI ID:
- 5634800
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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