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Granted Patent B2
US 10,019,291 · App. 15/180,608 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

Determining resource utilization by one or more tasks

Inventor: Benoit Schillings (Los Altos Hills, CA)
Assignee: Oath Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,019,291
App. No.
15/180,608
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Complex devices, software systems, and/or networks may comprise one or more subsystems that perform periodic tasks. A first task may be assigned a first execution frequency and a second task may be assigned a second execution frequency that is not an alias of the first execution frequency (e.g., assignment of execution intervals that are non-overlapping harmonics of each other, such as non-repeating frequencies). A first resource utilization by the first task may be distinguished from a second resource utilization of the second task based upon the first resource utilization corresponding to resource utilization (e.g., network usage, processor usage, power consumption, user access, etc.) associated with the first execution frequency and the second resource utilization corresponding to resource utilization associated with the second execution frequency. Thus, resource utilization of individual tasks of various subsystems and/or networks may be determined.

Claims (42)

1. A method, comprising:

executing, on a client device, a first task at a first execution frequency;

executing, on the client device, a second task at a second execution frequency, the first execution frequency comprising a first frequency that is not an alias of the second execution frequency; and

determining a first resource utilization by the first task and a second resource utilization by the second task based upon a first frequency spectrum peak indicative of the first resource utilization at the first execution frequency and a second frequency spectrum peak indicative of the second resource utilization at the second execution frequency, at least one of the first frequency spectrum peak or the second frequency spectrum peak identified utilizing fast Fourier transform or discrete Fourier transform.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining that the first task, but not the second task, is exceeding a resource consumption threshold based upon the first resource utilization and the second resource utilization.

3. The method of claim 1 , the first frequency spectrum peak is different from the second frequency spectrum peak.

4. The method of claim 1 , the first task comprising at least one of a location identification task, a new message checking task, a social network alert task, or a game alert task, the second task comprising at least one of a second location identification task, a second new message checking task, a second social network alert task, or a second game alert task.

5. The method of claim 1 , the first resource utilization and the second resource utilization corresponding to the client device.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

modifying access to one or more resources for the first task based upon the first resource utilization.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

modifying one or more tasks based upon the first resource utilization and the second resource utilization.

8. The method of claim 1 , the first resource utilization corresponding to at least one of network usage, processor usage, power consumption, or user access.

9. The method of claim 1 , the first task comprising at least one of a location identification task, a new message checking task, a social network alert task, or a game alert task.

10. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

altering the first execution frequency.

11. A system, comprising:

a resource utilization component configured to:

determine a first execution frequency at which a first task is executed on a first client device;

determine a second execution frequency at which a second task is executed on a second client device; and

determine a first resource utilization by the first task and a second resource utilization by the second task based upon a first frequency spectrum peak indicative of the first resource utilization at the first execution frequency and a second frequency spectrum peak indicative of the second resource utilization at the second execution frequency,

at least one of:

the first task comprising at least one of a location identification task, a new message checking task, a social network alert task, or a game alert task; or

the first resource utilization corresponding to resources utilized by the first client device and the second resource utilization corresponding to resources utilized by the second client device.

12. The system of claim 11 , the resource utilization component configured to:

perform a frequency-based evaluation upon resource utilization data to identify the first resource utilization and the second resource utilization.

13. The system of claim 11 , the first resource utilization and the second resource utilization are associated with a service provider.

14. The system of claim 11 , the resource utilization component configured to:

utilize fast Fourier transform or discrete Fourier transform to identify at least one of the first frequency spectrum peak or the second frequency spectrum peak.

15. The system of claim 11 , the resource utilization component configured to:

alter the first execution frequency.

16. The system of claim 11 , the resource utilization component configured to:

modify one or more tasks based upon the first resource utilization and the second resource utilization.

17. The system of claim 11 , the first execution frequency comprising a first frequency that is not an alias of the second execution frequency.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method, comprising:

executing a first task at a first execution frequency;

executing a second task at a second execution frequency, the first execution frequency comprising a first frequency that is not an alias of the second execution frequency;

determining a first resource utilization by the first task and a second resource utilization by the second task based upon a first frequency spectrum peak indicative of the first resource utilization at the first execution frequency and a second frequency spectrum peak indicative of the second resource utilization at the second execution frequency; and

altering the first execution frequency.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18 , the determining a first resource utilization by the first task and a second resource utilization by the second task comprising performing a frequency-based evaluation upon resource utilization to identify the first resource utilization and the second resource utilization.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 18 , the first task is associated with a first client device and the second task is associated with at least one of the first client device or a second client device.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2024
From: SCHILLINGS, BENOIT
To: YAHOO! INC.
Reel/Frame 068472/0473 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2021
From: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
To: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Reel/Frame 057453/0431 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2020
From: OATH INC.
To: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
Reel/Frame 054258/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2018
From: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.
To: OATH INC.
Reel/Frame 045240/0310 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2017
From: YAHOO! INC.
To: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 042963/0211 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14607499 · Jan 28, 2015
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