DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA . Claims 1-19 are currently pending.
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of Group I: Claims 1-19 in the reply filed on 12/11/2025 is acknowledged.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-4 and 11-14 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a) (1) as being anticipated by Piszczek et al. (US 9477279 B1).
Regarding claim 1, Piszczek et al. disclose a method for allocating power consumption of a network, the method comprising: creating a power consumption credit pool for the network, the power consumption credit pool comprising a number of power consumption credits based on a power budget for the network (col. 3 lines 28-30; maintaining an overall/cumulative power budget for the network system in a power credit pool (power credits)), the network comprising a plurality of network devices (fig. 1-2; the network comprises computing nodes); for each network device of the plurality of network devices: measuring a power consumption requirement (col. 11 lines 50-59; power usage and requirements for each node of the plurality nodes are monitored with respect to respective power budget pre-allocated to each node); responsive to the measured power consumption requirement being greater than a baseline power consumption, allocating one or more power consumption credits from the power consumption credit pool to the network device (col. 1 lines 36-41; If a real-time required power usage of a device is below its pre-allocated individual power budget (credits), this device can give away extra power credits to the elected control device(s), which in its (their) turn can share the extra power credits with a device which needs power exceeding the pre-allocated power budget (credits) for the operation); and responsive to the measured power consumption requirement being less than the baseline power consumption, generating one or more power consumption credits for the power consumption credits pool (col. 11 lines 50-59; power usage and requirements for each node of the plurality nodes are monitored with respect to respective power budget pre-allocated to each node) (col. 1 lines 36-41; If a real-time required power usage of a device is below its pre-allocated individual power budget, this device can give away extra power credits to the elected control device(s), which in its (their) turn can share the extra power credits with a device which needs power exceeding the pre-allocated power budget for the operation) (col. 11 lines 62-67; the control node receives and collects extra power credits in the power credit pool (from nodes that do not need power (used below the pre-allocated power budget))); and controlling operations of the plurality of network devices based on the number of power consumption credits in the power consumption credit pool (col. 5 lines 5-18; control node configured for controlling power sharing among device in the network system with the power credit pool).
Regarding claim 2, Piszczek et al. further suggest wherein the power budget is set between a minimum power consumption of the network when all of the plurality of network devices operate at minimum power consumption and a maximum power consumption of the network when all of the plurality of network devices operate at maximum power consumption (col. 12 lines 52-67; the centralized control nodes, in response, pre-allocates a power budget for the equipment below the maximum requirement. So the cumulative minimum for the cluster of data storage nodes is 20×1 kW=20 kW, and the maximum power of the storage nodes cumulatively is 20×4 kW=80 kW).
Regarding claim 3, Piszczek et al. further suggest wherein the baseline power consumption is a minimum power consumption of the network (col. 1 lines 30-40; pre-allocated power budget is the baseline when comparing required power usage of a device (below or exceed)) (col. 11 lines 17-28; the node/equipment is allocated a minimum power (pre-allocated power budget)).
Regarding claim 4, Piszczek et al. further suggest assigning a first number of power consumption credits to each of the plurality of network devices responsive to activating the plurality of network devices (abstract; the devices are pre-allocated/assigned with respective individual power budgets (credits) for performing its operations and can share their extra power credits with devices that are in need for extra power).
Regarding claim 11, Piszczek et al. disclose a controller, comprising: a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to: create a power consumption credit pool for a network, the power consumption credit pool comprising a number of power consumption credits based on a power budget for the network (col. 3 lines 28-30; maintaining an overall/cumulative power budget for the network system in a power credit pool (power credits)), the network comprising a plurality of network devices (fig. 1-2; the network comprises computing nodes), the network comprising a plurality of network devices (fig. 1-2; the network comprises computing nodes); for each network device of the plurality of network devices: measure a power consumption requirement (col. 11 lines 50-59; power usage and requirements for each node of the plurality nodes are monitored with respect to respective power budget pre-allocated to each node); responsive to the measured power consumption requirement being greater than a baseline power consumption, allocate one or more power consumption credits from the power consumption credit pool to the network device (col. 1 lines 36-41; If a real-time required power usage of a device is below its pre-allocated individual power budget (credits), this device can give away extra power credits to the elected control device(s), which in its (their) turn can share the extra power credits with a device which needs power exceeding the pre-allocated power budget (credits) for the operation); and responsive to the measured power consumption requirement being less than the baseline power consumption, generate one or more power consumption credits for the power consumption credits pool (col. 11 lines 50-59; power usage and requirements for each node of the plurality nodes are monitored with respect to respective power budget pre-allocated to each node) (col. 1 lines 36-41; If a real-time required power usage of a device is below its pre-allocated individual power budget, this device can give away extra power credits to the elected control device(s), which in its (their) turn can share the extra power credits with a device which needs power exceeding the pre-allocated power budget for the operation) (col. 11 lines 62-67; the control node receives and collects extra power credits in the power credit pool (from nodes that do not need power (used below the pre-allocated power budget))); and control operations of the plurality of network devices based on the number of power consumption credits in the power consumption credit pool (col. 5 lines 5-18; control node configured for controlling power sharing among device in the network system with the power credit pool).
Regarding claim 12, Piszczek et al. further suggest wherein the power budget is set between a minimum power consumption of the network when all of the plurality of network devices operate at minimum power consumption and a maximum power consumption of the network when all of the plurality of network devices operate at maximum power consumption (col. 12 lines 52-67; the centralized control nodes, in response, pre-allocates a power budget for the equipment below the maximum requirement. So the cumulative minimum for the cluster of data storage nodes is 20×1 kW=20 kW, and the maximum power of the storage nodes cumulatively is 20×4 kW=80 kW).
Regarding claim 13, Piszczek et al. further suggest wherein the baseline power consumption is a minimum power consumption of the network (col. 1 lines 30-40; pre-allocated power budget is the baseline when comparing required power usage of a device (below or exceed)) (col. 11 lines 17-28; the node/equipment is allocated a minimum power (pre-allocated power budget)).
Regarding claim 14, Piszczek et al. further suggest wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: assign a first number of power consumption credits to each of the plurality of network devices responsive to activating the plurality of network devices (abstract; the devices are pre-allocated/assigned with respective individual power budgets (credits) for performing its operations and can share their extra power credits with devices that are in need for extra power).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 5-10 and 15-19 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
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HOANG-CHUONG Q. VU
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2476
/HOANG-CHUONG Q VU/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2476