US 11,991,242 B1
Efficient distributed computing using edge computing devices
Jake Mitchell Leland, Round Rock, TX (US); Robert C. Hernandez, Morrisville, NC (US); and Uboho Victor, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/065,776.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/1008 (2022.01); H04L 67/1012 (2022.01); H04L 67/1014 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1012 (2013.01) [H04L 67/1008 (2013.01); H04L 67/1014 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining a workload for execution within a distributed computing environment, wherein the distributed computing environment comprises a plurality of computing devices;
determining valid execution slots within the distributed computing environment;
determining a first execution slot of the valid execution slots, wherein the first execution slot is associated with a first edge computing device of the plurality of computing devices; and
assigning the first edge computing device to execute the workload during the first execution slot,
wherein the first edge computing device is a gaming device, and wherein valid execution slots for the first edge computing device are determined as times during which the first edge computing device will not be used to execute gaming applications.