97 results about "Queue management system" patented technology

A method optimizes performance in a data network including a plurality of ingress ports and output queues. Ingress rates of a plurality of flows are monitored, where each flow includes a sequence of packets passing from an ingress port to an output queue and each flow has a profile related to flow characteristics. Each packet is marked with a marking based on criteria including the ingress flow rate and the flow profile. A drop probability of each packet is adjusted at an output queue according to a value of a drop function taken as a function of a queue size. The drop function is selected according to the marking on the packet. The drop functions are zero for queue sizes less than a lower threshold range and positive for queue sizes greater than the lower threshold range. By selecting drop functions according to ingress flow rate measurements and flow profiles, the data network can be optimized for overall system performance.

There is disclosed method of management of electric vehicle charging station (EVCS) queues and an EVCS queue management system. The method includes limiting access to the EVCS to an individual at the top of an EVCS queue during a changeover time. The changeover time may be predetermined or may be generated based upon data pertaining to the management of the queue and/or to the vehicle of the user at the top of the queue. If the user at the top of the queue fails to activate the EVCS during the changeover time, the next in line in the queue will be given a changeover time in which to reach the EVCS. If the queue is otherwise empty, the user at the top of the queue will be notified that the EVCS is no longer reserved, and that anyone may use the EVCS.

Disclosed are a queue management system and a method of managing a queue. This system and method are for use with a parallel processing system including a plurality of clients and a plurality of processors. The clients receive messages and transmit the messages to a shared queue for storage, and the processors retrieve messages from the shared queue and process said messages. The queue management system includes a mirror queue for maintaining a copy of each message transmitted to the shared queue by one of the clients; and the queue management system stores to the mirror queue, a copy of each message transmitted to the shared queue by that one of the clients. The mirror queue provides the system with continuity in case of an outage of the shared queue. In the event of such an outage, each instance of an application can simply discontinue using the shared queue and process requests from the mirror queue. The mirror queue is used until the shared queue is once again available. Preferably, the copy of each message transmitted to the mirror queue is provided with a reference, such as a poiner, to the location of the message on the shared queue.

An ATM switch supporting multicast transmissions and efficient transmission of frames. A cell is received on a multicast connection and transmitted on several branches/ports. Instead of copying a multicast cell several times for each output branch, only one copy of each multicast cell is maintained. The cell order and the stored cell data form a physical queue. Several logical queues are maintained, one for each output branch. In one embodiment, linked lists are used to maintain the queues. A cell in the physical queue is deleted after all logical queues traverse that cell. A shared tail pointer is used for all the logical queues to minimize additional processing and memory requirements due to the usage of logical queues. The queues enable cells forming a frame to be buffered until the end of frame cell is received, which provides for efficient handling of frames.

In a packet-queue management system, a bandwidth allocation approach fairly addresses each of n flows that share the outgoing link of an otherwise congested router. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a buffer at the outgoing link is a simple FIFO, shared by packets belonging to the n flows. A packet priority-reduction (e.g., packet dropping) process is used to discriminate against the flows that submit more packets/sec than is allowed by their fair share. This packet management process therefore attempts to approximate a fair queuing policy. The embodiment is advantageously easy to implement and can control unresponsive or misbehaving flows with a minimum overhead.

The disclosed embodiments of the invention relate to a method and system of communication for a confined area of a facility. Personal identification information is received in at least one of a set of stations distributed throughout the confined area. Attraction reservation information is received relating to at least one attraction to request at least one reservation for a guest. The reservation information is stored.

An arbiter (7) is provided for a QMS having multiple queue users (5A to 5D), each having real time requirements for mastership of a bus (31). The arbiter (7) is arranged so that the amount of time that each queue user (5A to 5D) can gain bus access is a percentage of the total bus time.

Methods, wireless communication terminals, and queue management system are disclosed that operate electronically accessible queues, such as customer service queues. A wireless communications terminal is used to obtain a queue ticket from a ticket machine. The queue ticket indicates that a ticket client has been entered a queue associated with the ticket machine. The queue ticket is stored in the wireless terminal. The queue ticket in the wireless terminal is validated via a near-field communications protocol wireless interface between the wireless terminal and the ticket machine. Service for the ticket client is authorized in response to validation of the queue ticket and movement of the ticket client to a threshold level within the queue.

An improved hardware independent, open-architecture queue management system (QMS) for management of users in a queue, the system including at least one Web-based server for an organization containing the logic and central systems functions. The system also includes a Web client application allowing interaction between the users and the Web Web-based server and accessible through a browser on client workstations and a database installed on a Structured Query Language (SQL) server for record maintenance and interactions with the Web-based server and the client application. The system further includes an announcer server for activating a radio frequency identification (RFID) transmitter carried by each of the users, a survey station kiosk having an RFID receiver, displays to provide queue and marketing information to users and speakers to announce information to the users and an automated an receptionist for issuing tickets to the users.

A method of providing one or more service types to customers at least one work station in an orderly fashion by means of a queue management system. According to the invention customers are biometrically scanned to thereby establish a matching or not in a database which comprises information on customers. If there is a match in the database, the information in the database can forward at least an identity to an appropriate work station when a customer in question is summoned to that work station. It is also possible to connect a biometric scan that does not match any entries in the database with a person that does business at a work station where the person in question identifies herself or is identified, and thus make an entry in the database.

Disclosed are methods and devices for queue management that allow a person waiting in the queue to choose to receive at least one warning communication, for example on a wireless communication device such as a cellular telephone. In some embodiments, the person agrees to “buy” the warnings and concomitant free time by agreeing to pay for at least one warning communication and/or by agreeing to accept advertisements.

The invention provides a data visualisation system comprising a data value memory in which is maintained a finite set of data values obtained from monitoring apparatus and a display configured to display a representation of each data value centered on respective data points. The invention also provides a contour generator which in one form is configured to generate and display a contoured representation around each data point such that each data point is displayed as a local maximum and in another form is configured to generate and display one or more contour lines around each data point, each contour line representing data values which are less than the data value of the data point around which the contour line is displayed. The invention also provides related methods and computer programs.

An automated waiting line transaction management system that provides patrons/users the option of queuing up and waiting in the standard attraction line at a venue or obtaining an ID unit that can be used for purchasing a pass to bypass the normal line. The venue administrator sets pass prices for each attraction on a real time basis either manually or through a venue algorithm.

An electronic queue management system for implementation on a chip. The queue management system comprises a plurality of primitive queue elements each including a register for a next-pointer and a register for a queue number. The next-pointer values may be selected via a register input and can be fed out via a registered output. Such queue elements are associated with a respective entry in a central array which stores the data belonging to the actual request. The separation of the data array and queue elements facilitates queue management as the data amounts are quite large compared to the small amount of data being required for the pre logic of the queue management system. Multiple add requests and multiple remove requests operations for different queue elements may be concurrently achieved in a single cycle.

The invention provides a station taxi queuing management system and a method, and the station taxi queuing management system and the method are designed for the problems that a taxi waiting system in the prior art at a crowded area like an airport, a railway station and the like is incapable of scheduling and controlling vehicles effectively. The station taxi queuing management system comprises a drive module, a first sensor module, a second sensor module and a control module, wherein each enqueue brake and each dequeue brake are provided with the control module, and the control module is used for controlling the enqueue brakes and the dequeue brakes to be turned on or turned off. The first sensor module is respectively arranged on the enqueue brake and the dequeue brake to detect the state of the enqueue brake and the dequeue brake. The second sensor module is respectively arranged at the inlet and the outlet of each queuing queue for statistics of traffic flow. The control module is connected with each drive module, each first sensor module and each second sensor module to collect data, and controls switching-on and switching-off of the enqueue brake and the dequeue brake according to the data. The station taxi queuing management system and the method can be applied to the field of controlling taxes.

The invention relates to an automatic card sending queuing management system, which comprises an information input device, an automatic card sending device, an electronic flapper identifying module, electronic flappers, a queue system core control module, a wireless data transmission module, wireless data transmission equipment, an electronic display terminal, a window call terminal, a flapper recycling bin, a centralization setting module, a voice call module, a power amplifier system, a system database, a client query platform and a flapper loading sending box. In the automatic card sending queuing management system, the automatic card sending device is triggered by the information input device, and the electronic flappers are sent by the electronic flapper identifying module, so that queuing numbers which are printed and displayed on the electronic flappers regularly and received by queuers are incorporated into the queuing system for sorting. The automatic card sending queuing management system changes the conventional mode of queuing by using printing paper ticket numbers, and adopts the electronic flappers capable of being recycled completely, and meets the relevant requirements of energy conservation, environmental protection, low-carbon economy, emission reduction and the like which are advocated by the contemporary society.

The present invention allows a queue management system (QMS) to use presence information from a presence system to efficiently match requestors of information with qualified resources capable of providing the necessary response. The resources for information may be humans or automated systems, which may be configured to facilitate communications with the requestors using different types of communication technologies. Further, these resources may be associated with different skill sets, experience, or areas of expertise. Thus, the resources may provide different roles, and any given resource may provide multiple roles, in addition to facilitating communications using different mediums.