A COMMON SCHEDULER WEB SERVICE FOR DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS - Patent 1563378

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EP 1 563 378 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.06.2005

(43)	Date of publication:
	17.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/33

(21)	Application number: 03798240.2

(22)	Date of filing: 12.09.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 9/46

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB2003/003944

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/029805 (08.04.2004 Gazette 2004/15)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

30.09.2002 CA 2406089

(71)	Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
	Armonk, N.Y. 10504 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	CHEN, Paul, Ming Markham, Ontario L3S 2M8 (CA) POLAN, Michael Markham, Ontario L3S 3W6 (CA) TSUI, Alex Markham, Ontario L6C 2C8 (CA) TSUI, Jerry, Waikit Markham, Ontario L3P 6N5 (CA)

(74)	Representative: Litherland, David Peter
	IBM United Kingdom LimitedIntellectual Property DepartmentHursley Park Winchester,Hampshire SO21 2JN Winchester,Hampshire SO21 2JN (GB)

(54)	A COMMON SCHEDULER WEB SERVICE FOR DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS