Using queues corresponding to attribute values 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 9563366
APP PUB NO 20150331614A1
SERIAL NO

14277023

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Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using queues corresponding to attribute values 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, each associated with different work unit attribute values that are associated with units of work, wherein 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. There are a plurality of work sub-unit queues, wherein each are associated with different work sub-unit attribute values that are associated with sub-units of work. Records are added for work sub-units of a unit of work to the work sub-unit queues, and records are selected from the work sub-unit queues to process the sub-units of work.

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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 114 945
Clayton, Nicolas M Warrington, GB 51 278
Gupta, Lokesh M Tucson, US 542 3373
Harris,, Jr Theodore T Tucson, US 47 357
Hatfield, Brian D Tucson, US 31 190
Sanchez, Matthew Tucson, US 178 2110
Schreiber, David B Tucson, US 8 34

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