Appeal 2007-0456
Application 10/135,412
Appellant invented a method and system for enforcing system performance
guarantees. The method includes receiving one or more requests for access to a
target system, determining at least one performance related function to apply to the
one or more requests, and forwarding the one or more requests to the storage
system in accordance with the at least one performance related function. The at
least one performance related function may be determined based on at least one
previously input specification (Specification 3, ll. 12-17).
The appeal contains claims 1-56. Claims 1, 11, 22, 25, 28, 29, 39, 50, 53,
and 56 are independent claims. Claims 1 and 29 are representative of the claimed
invention:
Claim 1
A method for enforcing system performance guarantees, comprising:
receiving one or more requests for access to a target system;
determining at least one performance related function, based on at least one
previously input specification and type of the target system, to apply to the one or
more requests; and
forwarding the one or more requests to the target system in accordance with
the at least one performance related function.
Claim 29
A method for enforcing system performance guarantees, comprising:
receiving one or more requests for access to a target system;
determining at least one performance related function, based on at least one
previously input specification and type of the target system, to apply to the one or
more requests, the target system comprising at least one of a storage system, a
web-based search engine, a web site, and an information search service; and
forwarding the one or more requests to the target system in accordance with
the at least one performance related function.
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