18484861. RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING PROACTIVE PAUSE (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)

RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING PROACTIVE PAUSE

Organization Name

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor(s)

Olga Poppe of Issaquah WA (US)

Qun Guo of Bellevue WA (US)

Willis Lang of Edina MN (US)

Pankaj Arora of Sammamish WA (US)

Ajay Kalhan of Redmond WA (US)

RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING PROACTIVE PAUSE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18484861 titled 'RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING PROACTIVE PAUSE

Original Abstract Submitted

A proactive resource allocator in a database management system is configured to make database resource allocation decisions for users accessing a database, including proactively pausing resources allocated to a user for accessing a database. To determine whether to proactively pause resources that are allocated to a user who has logged out, the proactive resource allocator accesses historical data to predict a next time the user with log back in. If the predicted next time of user login is relatively soon, the proactive resource allocator maintains the allocation of the resources to the user. If the predicted next time of user login is relatively far away, the proactive resource allocator pauses the resources. The proactive resource allocator may logically pause the resources or may physically pause the resources.