Home Patent Forecast® Sectors Log In   Contact  
How it works Patent Forecast® Sectors Insights
Menu
Enjoy your FREE PREVIEW which shows only 2022 data and 25 documents. Contact Patent Forecast for full access.        

Energy Financial Settlements


  1. Home
  2. News and Insights
  3. Companies
  4. Patents
  5. Applications
  6. Visualization
  7. Download
  8. Subscribe
  9. History
  1. Home
  2. Menu
  3. Applications

Search All Applications in Energy Financial Settlements


Application US20200167196


Published 2020-05-28

Methods And Apparatus To Execute A Workload In An Edge Environment

Methods and apparatus to execute a workload in an edge environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a node scheduler to accept a task from a workload scheduler, the task including a description of a workload and tokens, a workload executor to execute the workload, the node scheduler to access a result of execution of the workload and provide the result to the workload scheduler, and a controller to access the tokens and distribute at least one of the tokens to at least one provider, the provider to provide a resource to the apparatus to execute the workload.



Much More than Average Length Specification


View the Patent Matrix® Diagram to Explore the Claim Relationships

USPTO Full Text Publication >

6 Independent Claims

  • 1. An apparatus to execute a workload in an edge environment, the apparatus comprising: a node scheduler to accept a task from a workload scheduler, the task including a description of a workload and tokens; a workload executor to execute the workload, the node scheduler to access a result of execution of the workload and provide the result to the workload scheduler; and a controller to access the tokens and distribute at least one of the tokens to at least one provider, the provider to provide a resource to the apparatus to execute the workload.

  • 9-10. (canceled)

  • 11. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to at least: accept a task from a workload scheduler, the task including a description of a workload; access tokens included in the task; execute the workload; distribute at least one of the tokens to at least one provider, the provider to provide a resource to the processor to execute the workload; access a result of execution of the workload; and provide the result to the workload scheduler.

  • 18. A method of executing a workload in an edge environment, the method comprising: accepting a task from an edge environment, the task including a description of a workload; accessing tokens included in the task; executing the workload; distributing at least one of the tokens to at least one provider, the provider to provide a resource to execute the workload; accessing a result of execution of the workload; and providing the result to the edge environment.

  • 24. An apparatus to create a task in an edge environment, the apparatus comprising: a contract controller to access a contract request from an endpoint device, the contract request associated with a task, the task including a description of a workload to be executed on behalf of the endpoint device and tokens; a bid provider to provide a bid to a plurality of edge nodes, the bid based on the contract request; an offer controller to access an offer from a first one of the edge nodes, the offer responsive to the bid; and a task controller to access the task from the endpoint device and provide the task to the first one of the edge nodes.

  • 28-33. (canceled)