Methods and systems for reducing burst usage of a networked computer system are described herein. In an embodiment, resource requesters can request, within a time window, resources over a computer network before the resources are available. The resources can then be allocated in batch mode when the resources...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US8176177?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8176177 - Methods and systems for reducing burst usage of a networked computer system
