Dependency management in task scheduling

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8954985
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13489374

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A task is marked as dependent upon a preceding task. The task that is attempted to be taken for execution from a head of a pending task queue that is marked is deferred. The deferred task is removed from the pending task queue and placed in a deferred task queue. The deferred task is reinserted back into the pending task queue for execution upon determining that the preceding tasks are completed.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bachar, Yariv Tel Aviv, IL 53 874
Edelstein, Ron Tel Aviv, IL 18 579
Sonin, Oded Tel Aviv, IL 38 603

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