Using queues corresponding to attribute values and priorities associated with units of work and sub-units of the unit of work to select the units of work and their sub-units to process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9575800
APP PUB NO 20150331716A1
SERIAL NO

14277026

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Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using queues corresponding to attribute values and priorities associated with units of work and sub-units of the unit of work to select the units of work and their sub-units to process. There are a plurality of work unit queues, wherein each of the work unit queues are associated with different work unit attribute values that are associated with units of work, wherein a plurality of the work unit queues include records for units of work to process having work unit attribute values associated with the work unit attribute values of the work unit queues, and wherein the work unit queues are each associated with a different priority. A record for a unit of work to perform is added to the work unit queue associated with a priority and work unit attribute value associated with the work unit.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brown, Theresa M Tucson, US 114 949
Clayton, Nicolas M Warrington, GB 51 280
Crawford, Joshua J Tucson, US 65 257
Gupta, Lokesh M Tucson, US 542 3375
Harris,, Jr Theodore T Tucson, US 47 359
Hatfield, Brian D Tucson, US 31 190
Sanchez, Matthew Tucson, US 178 2120
Schreiber, David B Tucson, US 8 34
Ward, Matthew J Tucson, US 212 4353

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